Recharge of a subglacial lake by surface meltwater in northeast Greenland

Michael J. Willis (), Bradley G. Herried, Michael G. Bevis and Robin E. Bell
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Michael J. Willis: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Bradley G. Herried: Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota
Michael G. Bevis: School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University
Robin E. Bell: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7538, 223-227

Abstract: Observations of rapid, persistent elevation gains that occur on the ice surface above a subglacial lake as the lake is refilled with surface meltwater during the summer melt period in Greenland show that surface meltwater may be trapped and stored at the bed of an ice sheet, affecting ice dynamics downstream.

Date: 2015
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