Active subglacial lakes and channelized water flow beneath the Kamb Ice Stream

We identify two previously unknown subglacial lakes beneath the stagnated trunk of the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS). Rapid fill-drain hydrologic events over several months are inferred from surface height changes measured by CryoSat-2 altimetry and indicate that the lakes are probably connected by a subgla...

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Main Authors: B.-H. Kim, C.-K. Lee, K.-W. Seo, W. S. Lee, T. Scambos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-12-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/2971/2016/tc-10-2971-2016.pdf