Title The role of subglacial water in ice- sheet mass balance
Author Bell, R.E.
Author Affil Bell, R.E., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
Source Nature Geoscience, 1(5), p.297-304, . Publisher: Nature Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom. ISSN: 1752- 0894
Publication Date May 2008
Notes In English. 99 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 297079. CRREL Acc. No: 64002146
Index Terms glacial geology; hydrology; ice sheets; lakes; mass balance; meltwater; Antarctica--Antarctic ice sheet; Greenland-- Greenland ice sheet; Antarctic ice sheet; Antarctica; Arctic region; Greenland; Greenland ice sheet; ice streams; sea-level changes; subglacial environment; subglacial lakes; transgression
Abstract Subglacial water can significantly affect the velocity of ice streams and outlet glaciers of ice sheets. Increased surface melting in Greenland may influence the ice sheet's mass balance. Subglacial lakes in Antarctica can modulate ice velocities. (mod. auth. abst.)
URL http://hdl.handle.net/10.1038/ngeo186
Publication Type journal article
Record ID 87477