An analysis of the ice-sheet surface and subsurface topography above the Vostok Station subglacial lake, central East Antarctica

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作者
Siegert, MJ [1 ]
Ridley, JK
机构
[1] Univ Wales, Inst Geog & Earth Sci, Ctr Glaciol, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Ceredigion, Wales
[2] UCL, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Dorking RH5 6NT, Surrey, England
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10.1029/98JB00390
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
Radio-echo sounding (RES) and satellite radar-altimeter data were analyzed in order to identify the surface and subsurface topography around the largest known subglacial lake, at Vostok Station, East Antarctica (named here as Lake Vostok). In doing so, a data set was established from which a qualitative description of the flow of ice across the lake was developed. Patterns of ice flow were constructed through consideration of (1) the ice-sheet surface from the satellite altimeter and (2) internal layering from RES. It is concluded that Lake Vostok influences the dynamics of the overriding ice. Specifically, although the flow of ice across the lake is dominated by the general eastward flow of the grounded ice sheet, a southward velocity component, caused by an ice-shelf-type ice-flow mechanism, is also present over the subglacial lake. A further 67 smaller subglacial lakes exist within central regions of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, occupying 5-10% of the ice-sheet base. Subglacial lakes may therefore exert a significant control on ice dynamics within central Antarctica.
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页码:10195 / 10207
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