Co-seismic eruption and intermittent turbulence of a subglacial discharge plume revealed by continuous subsurface observations in Greenland

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Podolskiy, Evgeny A., Kanna, Naoya, Sugiyama, Shin
• Other Authors: MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Dammed Lake; Greenland; glacier; greenlandic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00132-8; http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00132-8.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00132-8

Abstract In the Arctic, subglacial discharge plumes have been recently recognised as a key driver of fjord-scale circulation. However, owing to the danger that accompanies prolonged observations at plumes, no time-series data are available. Here, we present results showing the chaotic and irregular...