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

Authors :: Ching-Yao Lai
Laura A. Stevens
Danielle L. Chase
Timothy T. Creyts
Mark D. Behn
Sarah B. Das
Howard A. Stone
Source :: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Nature Portfolio, 2021.
Abstract: 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.

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