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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4507-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4507-2020
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Research article
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10 Dec 2020
Research article |
| 10 Dec 2020
| 10 Dec 2020
Subglacial lakes and hydrology across the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands, West Antarctica
Felipe Napoleoni
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Stewart S. R. Jamieson
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Neil Ross
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Michael J. Bentley
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Andrés Rivera
Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Chile, Portugal 84, Santiago, Chile
Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
Andrew M. Smith
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Martin J. Siegert
Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Guy J. G. Paxman
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA
Guisella Gacitúa
Instituto de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
José A. Uribe
Centro de Estudios Científicos, Arturo Prat 514, Valdivia, Chile
Rodrigo Zamora
Centro de Estudios Científicos, Arturo Prat 514, Valdivia, Chile
Alex M. Brisbourne
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
David G. Vaughan
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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- Subglacial lakes and their changing role in a warming climate S. Livingstone et al. 10.1038/s43017-021-00246-9
- A Multiscale Segment-Based Subglacial Water Body Identification Method According to Dry-Wet Transition Characteristics D. Wang et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3508801
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- A pre-Pliocene origin of the glacial trimline in the Ellsworth Mountains and the prevalence of old landscapes at high elevations in West Antarctica D. Small et al. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109634
- An ensemble of Antarctic deglacial simulations constrained by geological observations M. Pittard et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107800
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- Basal melting over Subglacial Lake Ellsworth and its catchment: insights from englacial layering N. Ross & M. Siegert 10.1017/aog.2020.50
- Subglacial lakes and their changing role in a warming climate S. Livingstone et al. 10.1038/s43017-021-00246-9
- A Multiscale Segment-Based Subglacial Water Body Identification Method According to Dry-Wet Transition Characteristics D. Wang et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3508801
- Evidence of Cascading Subglacial Water Flow at Jutulstraumen Glacier (Antarctica) Derived From Sentinel‐1 and ICESat‐2 Measurements N. Neckel et al. 10.1029/2021GL094472
- A pre-Pliocene origin of the glacial trimline in the Ellsworth Mountains and the prevalence of old landscapes at high elevations in West Antarctica D. Small et al. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109634
- An ensemble of Antarctic deglacial simulations constrained by geological observations M. Pittard et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107800
- Extensive palaeo-surfaces beneath the Evans–Rutford region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet control modern and past ice flow C. Carter et al. 10.5194/tc-18-2277-2024
- Paths forward in radioglaciology D. Schroeder 10.1017/aog.2023.3
- Glacier and ice sheet flow A. Fowler 10.1080/03091929.2024.2346588
- Bathymetry and bed conditions of Lago Subglacial CECs, West Antarctica A. Brisbourne et al. 10.1017/jog.2023.38
- Subglacial Water Flow Over an Antarctic Palaeo‐Ice Stream Bed K. Hogan et al. 10.1029/2021JF006442
- British Antarctic Survey's aerogeophysical data: releasing 25 years of airborne gravity, magnetic, and radar datasets over Antarctica A. Frémand et al. 10.5194/essd-14-3379-2022
Latest update: 04 Mar 2025
Short summary
Subglacial water is important for ice sheet dynamics and stability. Despite this, there is a lack of detailed subglacial-water characterisation in West Antarctica (WA). We report 33 new subglacial lakes. Additionally, a new digital elevation model of basal topography was built and used to simulate the subglacial hydrological network in WA. The simulated subglacial hydrological catchments of Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers do not match precisely with their ice surface catchments.
Subglacial water is important for ice sheet dynamics and stability. Despite this, there is a...
