Past water flow beneath Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Kirkham, James D., Hogan, Kelly A., Larter, Robert D., Arnold, Neil S., Nitsche, Frank O., Golledge, Nicholas R., Dowdeswell, Julian A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Labyrinth; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524323/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524323/1/tc-13-1959-2019.pdf; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/1959/2019/tc-13-1959-2019-discussion.html

Outburst floods from subglacial lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet modulate ice flow velocities over periods of months to years. Although subglacial lake drainage events have been observed from satellite altimetric data, little is known about their role in the long term evolution of ice sheet bas...