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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: T. Flament, E. Berthier, F. Rémy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-673-2014; https://doaj.org/article/36526aaecb7e49f6a3449b3bfd9ebc10

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...