Subglacial lakes and hydrology across the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Napoleoni, Felipe, Jamieson, Stewart S. R., Ross, Neil, Bentley, Michael J., Rivera, Andrés, Smith, Andrew M., Siegert, Martin J., Paxman, Guy J. G., Gacitúa, Guisella, Uribe, José A., Zamora, Rodrigo, Brisbourne, Alex M., Vaughan, David G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands; Pine Island Glacier; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4507-2020; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/4507/2020/

Subglacial water plays an important role in ice sheet dynamics and stability. Subglacial lakes are often located at the onset of ice streams and have been hypothesised to enhance ice flow downstream by lubricating the ice–bed interface. The most recent subglacial-lake inventory of Antarctica mapped...