Connected subglacial lake drainage beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Cryosphere

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 451-467

  Smith, Benjamin E ^a   Gourmelen, Noel ^b,c   Huth, Alexander ^a   Joughin, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CONNECTIVITY; CRYOSAT; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER; GLACIER FLOW; MELTWATER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; THWAITES GLACIER; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85012050253     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-451-2017     Document Type: Article

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