Brief Communication: Sudden drainage of a subglacial lake beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

We report on the appearance of a 2 km wide, 70 m deep circular depression located 50 km inland of the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet that provides the first direct evidence for concentrated, long-term storage, and sudden release, of meltwater at the bed. Drainage of the lake may have...

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Main Authors: I. M. Howat, C. Porter, M. J. Noh, B. E. Smith, S. Jeong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-01-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/103/2015/tc-9-103-2015.pdf