Interaction between ice sheet dynamics and subglacial lake circulation: a coupled modelling approach

Subglacial lakes in Antarctica influence to a large extent the flow of the ice sheet. In this study we use an idealised lake geometry to study this impact. We employ a) an improved three-dimensional full-Stokes ice flow model with a nonlinear rheology, b) a three-dimensional fluid dynamics model wit...

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Main Authors: M. Thoma, K. Grosfeld, C. Mayer, F. Pattyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-01-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/4/1/2010/tc-4-1-2010.pdf