Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-751-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-751-2016
Research article
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05 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 05 Apr 2016

The influence of a model subglacial lake on ice dynamics and internal layering

Eythor Gudlaugsson, Angelika Humbert, Thomas Kleiner, Jack Kohler, and Karin Andreassen

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This paper explores the influence of a subglacial lake on ice dynamics and internal layers by means of numerical modelling as well as simulating the effect of a subglacial drainage event on isochrones. We provide an explanation for characteristic dip and ridge features found at the edges of many subglacial lakes and conclude that draining lakes can result in travelling waves at depth within isochrones, thus indicating the possibility of detecting past drainage events with ice penetrating radar.