Distinct modes of meltwater drainage and landform development beneath the last Barents Sea ice sheet

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Calvin Shackleton, Henry Patton, Monica Winsborrow, Mariana Esteves, Lilja Bjarnadóttir, Karin Andreassen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: esker; subglacial drainage; ice sheet hydrology; glacial geomorphology; barents sea; tunnel valley; Science; Q; Barents Sea; Hopendjupet; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1111396; https://doaj.org/article/1b4e57291e98411bae511b19fc378d45

The flow of glacial ice is impacted by basal meltwater drainage systems that fluctuate on a continuum from distributed, high-pressure environments to channelized, lower pressure networks. Understanding the long-term development of dominant drainage modes and impacts on ice flow and landform developm...