Hydraulic transmissivity inferred from ice-sheet relaxation following Greenland supraglacial lake drainages

Ching-Yao Lai; Laura A. Stevens; Danielle L. Chase; Timothy T. Creyts; Mark D. Behn; Sarah B. Das; Howard A. Stone

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24186-6

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Hydraulic transmissivity inferred from ice-sheet relaxation following Greenland supraglacial lake drainages

Ching-Yao Lai,
Laura A. Stevens,
Danielle L. Chase,
Timothy T. Creyts,
Mark D. Behn,
Sarah B. Das,
Howard A. Stone

Affiliations

Ching-Yao Lai: Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Laura A. Stevens: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Danielle L. Chase: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Timothy T. Creyts: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Mark D. Behn: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College
Sarah B. Das: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Howard A. Stone: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24186-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Hydraulic transmissivity under the 1km-thick Greenland Ice Sheet was inferred by ice-sheet uplift relaxation after rapid lake drainage events. A two-order-of-magnitude increase in hydraulic transmissivity was found throughout the melt season.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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