Journal cover Journal topic
The Cryosphere An interactive open-access journal of the European Geosciences Union

Journal metrics

  • IF value: 4.803 IF 4.803
  • IF 5-year<br/> value: 5.793 IF 5-year
    5.793
  • CiteScore<br/> value: 5.49 CiteScore
    5.49
  • SNIP value: 1.535 SNIP 1.535
  • SJR value: 4.251 SJR 4.251
  • IPP value: 5.170 IPP 5.170
  • h5-index value: 45 h5-index 45
Definitions
The Cryosphere, 11, 451-467, 2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-451-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Volume 11, issue 1
Research article
08 Feb 2017
Connected subglacial lake drainage beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
Benjamin E. Smith et al.

Viewed

Total article views: 2,363 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)

HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
1,494 735 134 2,363 86 61 132

Views and downloads (calculated since 28 Jul 2016)

Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 28 Jul 2016)

Cited

Saved (final revised paper)

Saved (discussion paper)

Discussed (final revised paper)

Discussed (discussion paper)

Latest update: 26 Jul 2017
Publications Copernicus
Download
PDF XML
Short summary
In this paper we investigate elevation changes of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, one of the main sources of excess ice discharge into the ocean. We find that in early 2013, four subglacial lakes separated by 100 km drained suddenly, discharging more than 3 km3 of water under the fastest part of the glacier in less than 6 months. Concurrent ice-speed measurements show only minor changes, suggesting that ice dynamics are not strongly sensitive to changes in water flow.
In this paper we investigate elevation changes of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, one of the...
Read more
Citation
Share