Evidence for a palaeo-subglacial lake on the Antarctic continental shelf

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Kuhn, Gerhard, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Kasten, Sabine, Smith, James A., Nitsche, Frank O., Frederichs, Thomas, Wiers, Steffen, Ehrmann, Werner, Klages, Johann P., Mogollón, José M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5461483/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28569750; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15591

Subglacial lakes are widespread beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet but their control on ice-sheet dynamics and their ability to harbour life remain poorly characterized. Here we present evidence for a palaeo-subglacial lake on the Antarctic continental shelf. A distinct sediment facies recovered from a...