Subglacial lakes and hydrology across the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: F. Napoleoni, S. S. R. Jamieson, N. Ross, M. J. Bentley, A. Rivera, A. M. Smith, M. J. Siegert, G. J. G. Paxman, G. Gacitúa, J. A. Uribe, R. Zamora, A. M. Brisbourne, D. G. Vaughan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: geo; envir; Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands; Pine Island Glacier; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4507-2020; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/4507/2020/tc-14-4507-2020.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/a17ad00935334c5fb5c957f302b96460

Subglacial water plays an important role in ice sheet dynamics and stability. Subglacial lakes are often located at the onset of ice streams and have been hypothesised to enhance ice flow downstream by lubricating the ice–bed interface. The most recent subglacial-lake inventory of Antarctica mapped...