Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed
Surface meltwater draining to the bed of the Greenland Ice Sheet each summer causes ice flow changes inconsistent with the prevailing theory of channelizing subglacial drainage. Here, the authors show this is caused by limited, gradual leakage of water from previously ignored weakly connected region...
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doaj-91259f326b5d4081b108bc35ef3f2e292021-05-11T10:41:55ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-12-017111210.1038/ncomms13903Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bedMatthew J. Hoffman0Lauren C. Andrews1Stephen F. Price2Ginny A. Catania3Thomas A. Neumann4Martin P. Lüthi5Jason Gulley6Claudia Ryser7Robert L. Hawley8Blaine Morriss9Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics Group, Los Alamos National LaboratoryCryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterFluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics Group, Los Alamos National LaboratoryInstitute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at AustinCryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterDepartment of Geography, Glaciology and Geomorphodynamics Group, University of ZürichSchool of Geosciences, University of South FloridaLaboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) ZürichDepartment of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth CollegeCold Regions Research and Engineering LaboratorySurface meltwater draining to the bed of the Greenland Ice Sheet each summer causes ice flow changes inconsistent with the prevailing theory of channelizing subglacial drainage. Here, the authors show this is caused by limited, gradual leakage of water from previously ignored weakly connected regions of the bed.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13903 |
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Matthew J. Hoffman Lauren C. Andrews Stephen F. Price Ginny A. Catania Thomas A. Neumann Martin P. Lüthi Jason Gulley Claudia Ryser Robert L. Hawley Blaine Morriss Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed Nature Communications |
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Matthew J. Hoffman Lauren C. Andrews Stephen F. Price Ginny A. Catania Thomas A. Neumann Martin P. Lüthi Jason Gulley Claudia Ryser Robert L. Hawley Blaine Morriss |
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Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed |
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Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed |
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Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed |
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Greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed |
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greenland subglacial drainage evolution regulated by weakly connected regions of the bed |
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Surface meltwater draining to the bed of the Greenland Ice Sheet each summer causes ice flow changes inconsistent with the prevailing theory of channelizing subglacial drainage. Here, the authors show this is caused by limited, gradual leakage of water from previously ignored weakly connected regions of the bed. |
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