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New large subglacial lake in Princess Elizabeth Land, East Antarctica, detected by airborne geophysical observations
Lin Li
Aiguo Zhao
Tiantian Feng
Xiangbin Cui
Lu An
Ben Xu
Shinan Lang
Liwen Jing
Jingxue Guo
Bo Sun
Abstract. Knowledge of subglacial lakes is important for understanding the stability of the Antarctica Ice Sheet (AIS) and its contribution to the global sea-level change. We designed an intensified airborne campaign to collect geophysical data in Princess Elizabeth Land (PEL), East Antarctica, during the 2015–2019 CHINARE expeditions. We developed an innovative method to build a set of evidence of a newly detected subglacial lake, Lake Zhongshan. Adaptive RES data analysis allowed us to detect the lake surface and extent. We quantified the lake depth and volume via gravity modeling. Another dataset collected at Lake Vostok provided the ground truth. The results revealed that Lake Zhongshan, located at 73°26'53"S, 80°30'39"E and ~3,603 m below surface, has an area of 328 ± 1 km2, making it the only one in PEL and the fifth largest in Antarctica. These findings are important for understanding subglacial hydrodynamics in PEL, as well as the stability of the AIS.
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