'Sticky spots' and subglacial lakes under ice streams of the Siple Coast, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Sergienko, Olga V., Hulbe, Christina L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2011
• Subjects: Subglacial lakes > Antarctica; Aquatic ecology > Antarctica; Ice sheets > Antarctica; Geology; Antarctic; Siple; Siple Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geology_fac/28; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=geology_fac

Locations of subglacial lakes discovered under fast-moving West Antarctic ice streams tend to be associated with topographic features of the subglacial bed or with areas that have strong variations in basal conditions. Inversion of ice-stream surface velocity indicates that basal conditions under ic...