Ice-dammed lake drainage in west Greenland: Drainage pattern and implications on ice flow and bedrock motion

Ice-dammed lakes drain frequently in Greenland, but the impacts of these events differ between sites. Here we study the quasi-cyclic behavior of the ~40 km 2 Lake Tininnilik in west Greenland and its impact on ice flow and crustal deformation. Data reveal rapid drainage of 1.83 ± 0.17 km 3 of water...

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Kjeldsen, Kristian Kjellerup, Khan, Shfaqat Abbas, Bjørk, Anders, Nielsen, Karina, Mouginot, Jeremie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Bedrock motion
Drainage pattern
Greenland
Ice flow
Ice-dammed lake
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Dammed Lake
glacier
Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/61c52b44-b918-4e18-832d-ba350b4f6343
https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074081
https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/134766101/Kjeldsen_et_al_2017_Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf

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