Assessing the subglacial lake coverage of Antarctica [PDF]
Annals of Glaciology, 2016 Lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet are known to decrease traction at the ice base and therefore can have a great impact on ice dynamics. However, the total extent of Antarctic subglacial lakes is still unknown.
Sebastian Goeller +3 more
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Development of a clean hot water drill to access Subglacial Lake CECs, West Antarctica [PDF]
Annals of Glaciology, 2021 Recent drilling successes on Rutford Ice Stream in West Antarctica demonstrate the viability of hot water drilling subglacial access holes to depths >2000 m.
Keith Makinson +9 more
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The "tipping" temperature within Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, West Antarctica and its implications for lake access [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2011 We present results from new geophysical data allowing modelling of the water flow within Subglacial Lake Ellsworth (SLE), West Antarctica. Our simulations indicate that this lake has a novel temperature distribution due to significantly thinner ice than ...
M. Thoma +5 more
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Potential subglacial lake locations and meltwater drainage pathways beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2013 We use the Shreve hydraulic potential equation as a simplified approach to investigate potential subglacial lake locations and meltwater drainage pathways beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. We validate the method by demonstrating its ability
S. J. Livingstone +3 more
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A revised inventory of Antarctic subglacial lakes [PDF]
Antarctic Science, 2005 The locations and details of 145 Antarctic subglacial lakes are presented. The inventory is based on a former catalogue of lake-type features, which has been subsequently reanalysed, and on the results from three additional datasets. The first is from Italian radio-echo sounding (RES) of the Dome C region of East Antarctica, from which 14 new lakes are
Siegert, Martin +4 more
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Modeling Antarctic subglacial lake filling and drainage cycles [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2016 The growth and drainage of active subglacial lakes in Antarctica has previously been inferred from analysis of ice surface altimetry data. We use a subglacial hydrology model applied to a synthetic Antarctic ice stream to examine internal controls on the
C. F. Dow +3 more
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Subglacial lakes and hydrology across the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands, West Antarctica [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2020 Subglacial water plays an important role in ice sheet dynamics and stability. Subglacial lakes are often located at the onset of ice streams and have been hypothesised to enhance ice flow downstream by lubricating the ice–bed interface.
F. Napoleoni +14 more
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Geophysical Research LettersWe use digital elevation models (DEMs) and ICESat‐2 data to study the filling and outflow from a large subglacial lake under Manson Icefield in the Canadian Arctic. When full, the lake is ∼17 × 3 km with an area of 52 km2.
Laurence Gray +2 more
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Metatranscriptomic and Metagenomic Analysis of Biological Diversity in Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) [PDF]
Biology, 2020 Scott O Rogers
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Filling and drainage of a subglacial lake beneath the Flade Isblink ice cap, northeast Greenland [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2022 The generation, transport, storage and drainage of meltwater play important roles in the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) subglacial system. Active subglacial lakes, common features in Antarctica, have recently been detected beneath the GrIS and may impact ice
Q. Liang +8 more
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