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Subglacial flood path development during a rapidly rising jökulhlaup from the western Skaftá cauldron, Vatnajökull, Iceland

Journal of Glaciology, 2017
Discharge and water temperature measurements in the Skaftá river and measurements of the lowering of the ice over the subglacial lake at the western Skaftá cauldron, Vatnajökull, Iceland, were made during a rapidly rising glacial outburst flood ...
BERGUR EINARSSON, TÓMAS JÓHANNESSON, THORSTEINN THORSTEINSSON, ERIC GAIDOS, THOMAS ZWINGER   +4 more
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Active-source seismic characterization of subglacial lakes: numerical modeling, field validation, and implications for Antarctic exploration [PDF]

The Cryosphere
Subglacial lakes offer unique opportunities to study ice sheet dynamics, microbial life, and climate evolution. Motivated by the upcoming seismic survey of Qilin Subglacial Lake, this study constructs a representative subglacial lake model and extends it
K. Lu, Y. Chen
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Ice-marginal lake hydrology and the seasonal dynamical evolution of Kennicott Glacier, Alaska

Journal of Glaciology, 2020
Glacier basal motion is responsible for the majority of ice flux on fast-flowing glaciers, enables rapid changes in glacier motion and provides the means by which glaciers shape alpine landscapes. In an effort to enhance our understanding of basal motion,
William H. Armstrong, Robert S. Anderson
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Monitoring Subglacial Lake Activity in the David Glacier Region, East Antarctica, Using a DInSAR Displacement Integration Approach

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Subglacial lakes significantly influence ice sheet dynamics, necessitating precise monitoring of their activity. This study presents a novel approach that integrates differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) displacements from ...
Taewook Kim, Hyangsun Han, Hoonyol Lee, Hyeontae Ju   +3 more
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Antarctic subglacial lakes drain through sediment-floored canals: theory and model testing on real and idealized domains [PDF]

The Cryosphere, 2017
Over the past decade, satellite observations of ice surface height have revealed that active subglacial lake systems are widespread under the Antarctic Ice Sheet, including the ice streams. For some of these systems, additional observations of ice-stream
S. P. Carter, H. A. Fricker, M. R. Siegfried   +2 more
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The Glacial Legacy of the Geneva Basin: Morphology and implications of an intricate tunnel valley system revealed from 3D seismic data

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Like other perialpine basins and glaciated margins, the Geneva Basin in SW Switzerland is characterised by buried tunnel valleys, which are elongated incisions widely attributed to subglacial meltwater erosion beneath continental ice sheets. However, an inclusive understanding of the geological control on the evolution of the glacial landscape
Ovie Emmanuel Eruteya, Emna Meftah, Andrea Moscariello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

NEW FRONTIERS OF ANTARCTIC SUBGLACIAL LAKES EXPLORATION

Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2013
Antarctic subglacial aquatic environment have become of great interest to the science community because they may provide unique information about microbial evolution, the past climate of the Earth, and the formation of the Antarctic ice sheet.
Pavel Talalay, Alexey Markov, Mikhail Sysoev   +2 more
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Hydraulic reconstruction of catastrophic drainage from the Late Glacial, Lake Fraser, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glacial Lake Fraser, which formed in British Columbia against the retreating Cordilleran Ice Sheet, stored ~520 km3 of water before its near‐total drainage into the Salish Sea during an outburst flood event. Despite the impact of the outburst flood on sediment transport and landscape evolution in the Fraser River valley, its peak discharge and
Sean M. Loeffler, John J. Clague, Brendan G. N. Miller, Sophie L. Norris   +3 more
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Microbiology: lessons from a first attempt at Lake Ellsworth

, 2015
During the attempt to directly access, measure and sample Subglacial Lake Ellsworth in 2012–2013, we conducted microbiological analyses of the drilling equipment, scientific instrumentation, field camp and natural surroundings.
Magiopoulos, Iordanis, Mowlem, Matt, Pearce, David, Woodward, John, Tranter, Martyn, Siegert, Martin, Holt, Giles   +6 more
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Boundary conditions of an active West Antarctic subglacial lake: implications for storage of water beneath the ice sheet [PDF]

The Cryosphere, 2014
Repeat-pass ICESat altimetry has revealed 124 discrete surface height changes across the Antarctic Ice Sheet, interpreted to be caused by subglacial lake discharges (surface lowering) and inputs (surface uplift).
M. J. Siegert, N. Ross, H. Corr, B. Smith, T. Jordan, R. G. Bingham, F. Ferraccioli, D. M. Rippin, A. Le Brocq   +8 more
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