Rapid discharge connects Antarctic subglacial lakes

• Main Authors: Wingham, DJ, Siegert, MJ, Shepherd, A, Muir, AS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 2006
• Subjects: ICE-SHEET; EAST ANTARCTICA; GLACIER; VOSTOK; MELTWATER; BENEATH; SYSTEM; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Lake Vostok; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/8918/

The existence of many subglacial lakes(1) provides clear evidence for the widespread presence of water beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet, but the hydrology beneath this ice mass is poorly understood(2). Such knowledge is critical to understanding ice flow, basal water transfer to the ice margin,...