Sedimentary Signatures of Persistent Subglacial Meltwater Drainage From Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: A. P. Lepp, L. M. Simkins, J. B. Anderson, R. W. Clark, J. S. Wellner, C-D. Hillenbrand, J. A. Smith, A. A. Lehrmann, R. Totten, R. D. Larter, K. A. Hogan, F. O. Nitsche, A. G. C. Graham, L. Wacker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: glacial sediments; meltwater plumes; glacial hydrology; holocene; computed tomography; west Antarctica; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.863200; https://doaj.org/article/9b0a3d0346e94846abaa0dff60ef0c58

Subglacial meltwater drainage can enhance localized melting along grounding zones and beneath the ice shelves of marine-terminating glaciers. Efforts to constrain the evolution of subglacial hydrology and the resulting influence on ice stability in space and on decadal to millennial timescales are l...