The project objective is to obtain data to improve scientific knowledge of the history and development of the Drangajökull ice cap. The findings will eventually be used in a larger collaborative project that seeks to refine the glacial history of the North Atlantic.
The main project tasks are mapping of loose strata connected to the activity of Drangajökull from the end of the last glacial period and mapping of the geomorphological environment around the current glacial margin. Concurrent to this work, data and samples are collected in order to date earlier positions of the ice cap and enhance our knowledge of the ancient size, shape, and characteristics of Drangajökull.
IINH Contact: Skafti Brynjólfsson
Lengo la mradi ni kupata data ili kuboresha maarifa ya kisayansi ya historia na maendeleo ya Drangajökull cap barafu. Matokeo hayo yatatumiwa katika mradi mkubwa wa ushirikiano ambao unatafuta kusafisha historia ya barafu ya Atlantiki Kaskazini. Kazi kuu ya mradi ni ramani ya tabaka huru kushikamana na shughuli ya Drangajökull kutoka mwisho wa kipindi cha mwisho barafu na ramani ya mazingira geomorphological karibu na sasa barafu margin. Pamoja na kazi hii, data na sampuli zinakusanywa ili tarehe ya nafasi za awali za cap ya barafu na kuongeza maarifa yetu ya ukubwa wa kale, umbo, na sifa za Drangajökull. Msaada wa Msaada: Skafti Brynjólfsson