Brief Communication: Sudden drainage of a subglacial lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
We report on the appearance of a 2 km wide, 70 m deep circular depression located 50 km inland of the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet that provides the first direct evidence for concentrated, long-term storage, and sudden release, of meltwater at the bed. Drainage of the lake may have...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-01-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/103/2015/tc-9-103-2015.pdf |