Direct observations of evolving subglacial drainage beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

Lauren C. Andrews (), Ginny A. Catania, Matthew J. Hoffman, Jason D. Gulley, Martin P. Lüthi, Claudia Ryser, Robert L. Hawley and Thomas A. Neumann
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Lauren C. Andrews: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Ginny A. Catania: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Matthew J. Hoffman: Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jason D. Gulley: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Martin P. Lüthi: Glaciology and Geomorphodynamics Group, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
Claudia Ryser: Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Robert L. Hawley: Dartmouth College
Thomas A. Neumann: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Nature, 2014, vol. 514, issue 7520, 80-83

Abstract: Simultaneous observations of moulins and boreholes in western Greenland show that water delivery to the base of the ice sheet via moulins affects short-term ice velocity fluctuations, but not late-season ice velocity decelerations.

Date: 2014
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