The hydrostatic control of load-induced height changes above subglacial Lake Vostok

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Andreas Richter, Ludwig Schröder, Mirko Scheinert, Sergey V. Popov, Andreas Groh, Matthias Willen, Martin Horwath, Reinhard Dietrich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: Ice dynamics; laser altimetry; subglacial lakes; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; East Antarctica; Lake Vostok; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.2; https://doaj.org/article/75ee611a875f48ae811a11ebf362bc48

Lake Vostok, East Antarctica, represents an extensive water surface at the base of the ice sheet. Snow, ice and atmospheric pressure loads applied anywhere within the lake area produce a hydrostatic response, involving deformations of the ice surface, ice–water interface and particle horizons. A mod...