Boundary conditions of an active West Antarctic subglacial lake: implications for storage of water beneath the ice sheet

• Main Authors: Siegert MJ, Ross N, Corr HFJ, Smith B, Jordan TA, Bingham RG, Ferraccioli F, Rippin DM, Le Brocq A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2014
• Subjects: Adventure Subglacial Trench; Antarctic; Institute Ice Stream; The Antarctic; Whillans; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/fulltext.aspx?url=191729/72ED6F7E-DFBA-48F3-9867-2D41BE77E866.pdf&pub_id=191729

Repeat-pass ICESat altimetry has revealed 124 discrete surface height changes across the Antarctic Ice Sheet, interpreted to be caused by subglacial lake discharges (surface lowering) and inputs (surface uplift). Few of these active lakes have been confirmed by radio-echo sounding (RES) despite seve...