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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. D. Kirkham, K. A. Hogan, R. D. Larter, N. S. Arnold, F. O. Nitsche, N. R. Golledge, J. A. Dowdeswell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Labyrinth; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1959-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/1959/2019/tc-13-1959-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/c5ff8d7781374c8497b631773892440f

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...