Basal melting over Subglacial Lake Ellsworth and its catchment: insights from englacial layering

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Neil Ross, Martin Siegert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; basal melt; radio-echo sounding; subglacial lakes; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Lake Vostok; Weertman; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.50; https://doaj.org/article/9bbf3770b4b146dbbee6eaa46c65282a

Deep-water ‘stable’ subglacial lakes likely contain microbial life adapted in isolation to extreme environmental conditions. How water is supplied into a subglacial lake, and how water outflows, is important for understanding these conditions. Isochronal radio-echo layers have been used to infer whe...