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02 Feb 2017
Research article |
| 02 Feb 2017
Antarctic subglacial lakes drain through sediment-floored canals: theory and model testing on real and idealized domains
Sasha P. Carter
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Helen A. Fricker
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Matthew R. Siegfried
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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We use a new process-scale model for the drainage of active subglacial lakes in Antarctica that considers channel incision into the soft sedimentary bed. Compared to models with ice-incised channels, our model better reproduces magnitudes and recurrence intervals of active subglacial lake fill–drain cycles derived from satellite altimetry observations.
We use a new process-scale model for the drainage of active subglacial lakes in Antarctica that...
