Cascading water underneath Wilkes Land, East Antarctic ice sheet, observed using altimetry and digital elevation models

We describe a major subglacial lake drainage close to the ice divide in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, and the subsequent cascading of water underneath the ice sheet toward the coast. To analyse the event, we combined altimetry data from several sources and subglacial topography. We estimated the tot...

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Published in:The Cryosphere
Main Authors: Flament, T., Berthier, E., Rémy, F.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-673-2014
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/8/673/2014/