High geothermal heat flow beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica inferred from aeromagnetic data

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Dziadek, Ricarda, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Gohl, Karsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Cryospheric science; Article; Geophysics; Geomagnetism; Antarctic; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Thwaites Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6442416; https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00242-3

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Geothermal heat flow in the polar regions plays a crucial role in understanding ice-sheet dynamics and predictions of sea level rise. Continental-scale indirect estimates often have a low spatial resolution and yield largest discrepancies in...