Estimating and managing blowout risk during access to subglacial Antarctic lakes

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Brito, Mario P., Griffiths, Gwyn, Mowlem, Matthew, Makinson, Keith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ellsworth Subglacial Lake; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500156/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500156/1/download.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000442

As Antarctic subglacial lake research progresses to in situ exploration an important topic is the lake’s probable gas concentration. Depending on hydrological setting, subglacial lakes may contain large amounts of dissolved gas or gas trapped within clathrates. Consequently, access can be potentiall...