Past water flow beneath Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica

<p>Outburst floods from subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet modulate ice-flow velocities over periods of months to years. Although subglacial lake drainage events have been observed from satellite-altimetric data, little is known about their role in the long-term evolution of ice-...

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Main Authors: J. D. Kirkham, K. A. Hogan, R. D. Larter, N. S. Arnold, F. O. Nitsche, N. R. Golledge, J. A. Dowdeswell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-07-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/1959/2019/tc-13-1959-2019.pdf