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Sediment behavior controls equilibrium width of subglacial channels

Journal of Glaciology, 2017
Flow-frictional resistance at the base of glaciers and ice sheets is strongly linked to subglacial water pressure. Understanding the physical mechanisms that govern meltwater fluxes in subglacial channels is hence critical for constraining variations in ...
ANDERS DAMSGAARD, JENNY SUCKALE, JAN A. PIOTROWSKI, MORGANE HOUSSAIS, MATTHEW R. SIEGFRIED, HELEN A. FRICKER   +5 more
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Subglacial Lake Ellsworth: a candidate for in situ exploration in West Antarctica [PDF]

, 2004
Radio-echo sounding reveals a 10 km-long lake beneath similar to3.4 km of ice near the Ellsworth Mountains in West Antarctica, 20 km from the ice divide. Subglacial Lake Ellsworth is located within a distinct topographic hollow, which is similar to1.5 km
Corr, H., Woodward, J., Payne, AJ, Joughin, I., King, Edward, Smith, Andrew, Siegert, MJ, King, E. C., Smith, A., Siegert, Martin J., Woodward, J, Hindmarsh, RCA, Corr, Hugh, Woodward, John, King, E, Payne, Antony J., Corr, H, King, Edward C., Payne, A. J., Hindmarsh, Richard, Joughin, Ian, Siegert, Martin, Siegert, M. J., Joughin, I, Smith, Andy, Smith, AM, Hindmarsh, R.   +26 more
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Ice stream subglacial access for ice-sheet history and fast ice flow: the BEAMISH Project on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica and initial results on basal conditions

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
Three holes were drilled to the bed of Rutford Ice Stream, through ice up to 2154 m thick, to investigate the basal processes and conditions associated with fast ice flow and the glacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
A. M. Smith, P. G. D. Anker, K. W. Nicholls, K. Makinson, T. Murray, S. Rios-Costas, A. M. Brisbourne, D. A. Hodgson, R. Schlegel, S. Anandakrishnan   +9 more
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Clean subglacial access: prospects for future deep hot-water drilling [PDF]

, 2015
Accessing and sampling subglacial environments deep beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet presents several challenges to existing drilling technologies. With over half of the ice sheet believed to be resting on a wet bed, drilling down to this environment must
Smith, Andrew, Tranter, Martyn, Smith, Andrew M, Mowlem, M., Ross, N., Hodgson, Dominic A., Ross, N, Parnell, J, Rose, Mike, Mowlem, Matt, Bentley, Michael J., Siegert, MJ, Parnell, John, Mowlem, Matthew, Pearce, D., Hodgson, D.A., Siegert, M.J., Siegert, Martin J., Bentley, M.J., Tranter, M., Tranter, M, Rose, M, Smith, A.M., Ross, Neil, Smith, Andrew M., Makinson, K, Hodgson, DA, Makinson, Keith, Bentley, Michael, Hodgson, Dominic, Mowlem, M, Rose, M., Pearce, David, Pearce, D, Makinson, K., Siegert, Martin, Smith, AM, Parnell, J., Bentley, MJ   +38 more
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The Effect of Subglacial Chemical Processes on Glacier Sliding [PDF]

Journal of Glaciology, 1976
Abstract The glacier sliding theory of Nye is modified to include the effect of solutes in subglacial regelation waters on the sliding process. Motivation for this development stems from studies of subglacially formed chemical deposits that appear to be widespread on rock surfaces recently exposed by retreating temperate glaciers.
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Seismic characterization of a rapidly-rising jökulhlaup cycle at the A.P. Olsen Ice Cap, NE-Greenland

Journal of Glaciology, 2020
Rapidly-rising jökulhlaups, or glacial outburst floods, are a phenomenon with a high potential for damage. The initiation and propagation processes of a rapidly-rising jökulhlaup are still not fully understood.
Michael Behm, Jacob I. Walter, Daniel Binder, Feng Cheng, Michele Citterio, Bernd Kulessa, Kirsty Langley, Phillipe Limpach, Stefan Mertl, Wolfgang Schöner, Mikkel Tamstorf, Gernot Weyss   +11 more
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Microbiology: lessons from a first attempt at Lake Ellsworth [PDF]

, 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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New Schmidt hammer exposure‐age dating calibrations for the Last Glacial Termination in NW Scotland: Development and application to undated Torridon Group sandstone surfaces in Wester Ross

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An understanding of the terrestrial extent, retreat dynamics and climate–glacier coupling of ice masses during the Last Glacial Termination (LGT, ~18–11 ka) is often limited by a fragmentary geomorphological record and is dependent on precise, accurate and robust dating frameworks.
Alastair M. Curry, David Small, Oliver T. Bartlett, Jonathan Newitt   +3 more
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An ice-sheet scale comparison of eskers with modelled subglacial drainage routes [PDF]

, 2015
Eskers record the signature of channelised meltwater drainage during deglaciation providing vital information on the nature and evolution of subglacial drainage.
Stokes, C.R., C.D. Clark (630927), Storrar, RD, Clark, CD, Tarasov, L, Stokes, Chris R., Hillier, J.K., Clark, C.D., Livingstone, SJ, Clark, Chris D., C.R. Stokes (630946), Tarasov, L., Livingstone, S.J., Stephen J. Livingstone (3691018), Tarasov, Lev, Livingstone, Stephen J., John Hillier (1254873), Storrar, Robert D., R. Storrar (630947), Hillier, JK, Hillier, John K., L. Tarasov (7191965), Storrar, R.D., Stokes, CR   +23 more
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Outlet glacier flow response to surface melt: based on analysis of a high-resolution satellite data set

Journal of Glaciology, 2023
The dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet are affected by surface meltwater reaching the base of the ice, altering ice contact with the bedrock. Lack of understanding of this evolution hampers the ability to predict the effects of increasing temperatures ...
Signe H. Larsen, Andreas P. Ahlstrøm, Nanna B. Karlsson, Anders Kusk, Peter L. Langen, Christine S. Hvidberg   +5 more
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