ArticleNature communications2019
Distribution and dynamics of Greenland subglacial lakes.
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- Outburst of a subglacial flood from the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet.Nature geoscience · 2025Article
- Glacial Water: A Dynamic Microbial Medium.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Liquid water on cold exo-Earths via basal melting of ice sheets.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Increased variability in Greenland Ice Sheet runoff from satellite observations.Nature communications · 2021Article
- A first constraint on basal melt-water production of the Greenland ice sheet.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Greenland-wide inventory of ice marginal lakes using a multi-method approach.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Dynamic flows create potentially habitable conditions in Antarctic subglacial lakes.Science advances · 2021Article
- Enhanced trace element mobilization by Earth's ice sheets.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
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Abstract
Few subglacial lakes have been identified beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) despite extensive documentation in Antarctica, where periodic release of water can impact ice flow. Here we present an ice-sheet-wide survey of Greenland subglacial lakes, identifying 54 candidates from airborne radio-echo sounding, and 2 lakes from ice-surface elevation changes. These range from 0.2-5.9 km in length, and are mostly distributed away from ice divides, beneath relatively slow-moving ice. Based on our results and previous observations, we suggest three zones of formation: stable lakes in northern and eastern regions above the Equilibrium Line Altitude (ELA) but away from the interior; hydrologically-active lakes near the ELA recharged by surface meltwater and; small, seasonally-active lakes below the ELA, which form over winter and drain during the melt season. These observations provide important constraints on the GrIS's basal thermal regime and help refine our understanding of the subglacial hydrological system.
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