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Connected subglacial lake drainage beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
Benjamin E. Smith
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Noel Gourmelen
School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8,
Scotland
IPGS UMR 7516, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg,
France
Alexander Huth
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Ian Joughin
Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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In this paper we investigate elevation changes of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, one of the main sources of excess ice discharge into the ocean. We find that in early 2013, four subglacial lakes separated by 100 km drained suddenly, discharging more than 3 km3 of water under the fastest part of the glacier in less than 6 months. Concurrent ice-speed measurements show only minor changes, suggesting that ice dynamics are not strongly sensitive to changes in water flow.
In this paper we investigate elevation changes of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, one of the...
