Brief communication: Heterogenous thinning and subglacial lake activity on Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Hoffman, Andrew O.; Christianson, Knut; Shapero, Daniel; Smith, Benjamin E.; Joughin, Ian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4603-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4603-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4603-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

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18 Dec 2020

Brief communication | Highlight paper |

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Brief communication: Heterogenous thinning and subglacial lake activity on Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Andrew O. Hoffman, Knut Christianson, Daniel Shapero, Benjamin E. Smith, and Ian Joughin

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4603-2020-supplement

Data sets

Antarctica-POLENET GPS Network - LTHW-Lower Thwaites Glacier P.S. Terry Wilson, Michael Bevis, Robert Smalley Jr., Ian Dalziel, Eric Kendrick, Stephanie Konfal, David Saddler, and Michael Willlis https://doi.org/10.7283/T5NK3C7D

Antarctica-POLENET GPS Network - UTHW-Up Thwaites Glacier P.S. Terry Wilson, Michael Bevis, Robert Smalley Jr., Ian Dalziel, Eric Kendrick, Stephanie Konfal, David Saddler, and Michael Willlis https://doi.org/10.7283/T50P0XBC

Video supplement

Heterogenous thinning and subglacial lake fill-drain cycles observed on Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica Andrew Hoffman https://doi.org/10.5446/44023

Subglacial water routing beneath Thwaites Glacier Andrew Hoffman https://doi.org/10.5446/44035

Short summary

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet has long been considered geometrically prone to collapse, and...