Channelized, distributed, and disconnected: subglacial drainage under a valley glacier in the Yukon

Rada, Camilo; Schoof, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2609-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

The Cryosphere, 12, 2609–2636, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2609-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

The Cryosphere, 12, 2609–2636, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2609-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

Research article

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14 Aug 2018

Research article | Highlight paper | 14 Aug 2018

Channelized, distributed, and disconnected: subglacial drainage under a valley glacier in the Yukon

Camilo Rada and Christian Schoof

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RC1: 'Review of "Subglacial drainage characterization from eight years of continuous borehole data on a small glacier in the Yukon Territory, Canada" by Rada and Schoof', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of Rada and Schoof (2018)', Bradley Lipovsky, 26 Mar 2018
RC3: 'Review of "Subglacial drainage characterization from eight years of continuous borehole data on a small glacier in the Yukon Territory, Canada", by C. Rada and C. Schoof.', Anonymous Referee #3, 05 Apr 2018
AC1: 'Authors answers to comments', Camilo Rada Giacaman, 18 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Camilo Rada Giacaman on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Jun 2018) by Olivier Gagliardini

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (22 Jun 2018)

RR by Bradley Lipovsky (23 Jun 2018)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Jun 2018) by Olivier Gagliardini

AR by Camilo Rada Giacaman on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We analyse a large glacier borehole pressure dataset and provide a holistic view of the observations, suggesting a consistent picture of the evolution of the subglacial drainage system. Some aspects are consistent with the established understanding and others ones are not. We propose that most of the inconsistencies arise from the capacity of some areas of the bed to become hydraulically isolated. We present an adaptation of an existing drainage model that incorporates this phenomena.