High sensitivity of subglacial hydrological pathways in Antarctica to small ice-sheet changes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Wright, A P ^a   Siegert, M J ^a   Le Brocq, A M ^b   Gore, D B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; LAKES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTARCTIC ICES; ANTARCTICA; FLOW PATHS; FLOW ROUTING; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; SUBGLACIAL LAKES; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

ICE;

BASAL FLOW; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER FLOW;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 57049161454     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034937     Document Type: Article

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