Evidence for the long-term sedimentary environment in an Antarctic subglacial lake

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Smith, A, Woodward, J, Ross, N, Bentley, M, Hodgson, D, Siegert, M, King, E
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geochemistry & Geophysics; Subglacial Lake Ellsworth; glaciology; active-source seismology; sedimentary environment; ice sheet; Antarctica; WEST ANTARCTICA; ICE-SHEET; SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS; MARINE-SEDIMENTS; EAST ANTARCTICA; STABILITY; ELLSWORTH; WHILLANS; HOLOCENE; STREAM; 02 Physical Sciences; 04 Earth Sciences; Antarctic; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Whillans; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/65305; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.10.011

Lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet are of fundamental scientific interest for their ability to contain unique records of ice sheet history and microbial life in their sediments. However, no records of subglacial lake sedimentation have yet been acquired from beneath the interior of the ice sheet,...