Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field Campaigns

N. Ross; M. J. Siegert; A. Rivera; M. J. Bentley; D. Blake; L. Capper; R. Clarke; C. S. Cockell; H. F. J. Corr; W. Harris; C. Hill; R. C. A. Hindmarsh; D. A. Hodgson; E. C. King; H. Lamb; B. Maher; K. Makinson; M. Mowlem; J. Parnell; D. A. Pearce; J. Priscu; A. M. Smith; A. Tait; M. Tranter; J. L. Wadham; W. B. Whalley; J. Woodward; MC Kennicutt; RA Bindschadler

doi:10.1029/2010GM000936

Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field Campaigns

N. Ross^*, M. J. Siegert, A. Rivera, M. J. Bentley, D. Blake, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. S. Cockell, H. F. J. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, D. A. Hodgson, E. C. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, M. Mowlem, J. Parnell, D. A. PearceJ. Priscu, A. M. Smith, A. Tait, M. Tranter, J. L. Wadham, W. B. Whalley, J. Woodward, MC Kennicutt, RA Bindschadler

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Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, first observed in airborne radio echo sounding data acquired in 1978, is located within a long, deep subglacial trough within the Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands of West Antarctica. Geophysical surveys have characterized the lake, its subglacial catchment, and the thickness, structure, and flow of the overlying ice sheet. Covering 28.9 km(2), Ellsworth Subglacial Lake is located below 2.9 to 3.3 km of ice at depths of -1361 to -1030 m. Seismic reflection data have shown the lake to be up to 156 m deep and underlain by unconsolidated sediments. Ice sheet flow over the lake is characterized by low velocities (2 m of sediment below the lake floor, (4) water circulation modeling suggesting a melting ice-water interface, and (5) coring that can target the deepest point of the lake floor away from marginal, localized sediment sources.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ANTARTIC SUBGLACIAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS
Editors	MJ Siegert
Publisher	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
Pages	221-233
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	978-0-87590-482-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GM000936
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Name	Geophysical Monograph Series
Publisher	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
Volume	192
ISSN (Print)	0065-8448

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Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Rivera, A., Bentley, M. J., Blake, D., Capper, L., Clarke, R., Cockell, C. S., Corr, H. F. J., Harris, W., Hill, C., Hindmarsh, R. C. A., Hodgson, D. A., King, E. C., Lamb, H., Maher, B., Makinson, K., Mowlem, M., Parnell, J., ... Bindschadler, RA. (2011). Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field Campaigns. In MJ. Siegert (Ed.), ANTARTIC SUBGLACIAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS (pp. 221-233). (Geophysical Monograph Series; Vol. 192). AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GM000936

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