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Subglacial Lakes

Subglacial Lake is a body of liquid water, constituting a hydrological system, that is entirely confined beneath a glacier or ice sheet and distinguished by its isolation from the atmosphere and sustained by subfreezing surface melt, geothermal heating, and pressure-induced melting.

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Publications

740

Disappearing Arctic Lakes

L. C. Smith, Yongwei Sheng, Glen M. MacDonald et al. · Science · 2005 · 1K citations

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Lakes Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Gordon Oswald, G. de Q. Robin · Nature · 1973 · 564 citations

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A new three‐dimensional higher‐order thermomechanical ice sheet model: Basic sensitivity, ice stream development, and ice flow across subglacial lakes

Frank Pattyn · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2003 · 562 citations · Full text

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Water Flow in Glaciers: Jökulhlaups, Tunnels and Veins

J. F. Nye · Journal of Glaciology · 1976 · 531 citations

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An Active Subglacial Water System in West Antarctica Mapped from Space

H. A. Fricker, T. A. Scambos, Robert Bindschadler et al. · Science · 2007 · 522 citations

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1–5 of 740

Authors

2.1K

  1. MJ
    Martín J. Siegert

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    49 publications · 3.7K citations

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  2. JC
    John C. Priscu

    Montana State University, United States

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. HA
    H. A. Fricker

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    20 publications · 2.4K citations

    19

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  4. DD
    Donald D. Blankenship

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    15 publications · 1.3K citations

    15

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  5. MS
    Mark Skidmore

    Montana State University, United States

    14 publications · 958 citations

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1–5 of 2.1K

Institutions

700

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    29 h-index

    168 publications

    10.2K citations

  2. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    52 publications

    4.8K citations

  3. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    95 publications

    5.2K citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    24 h-index

    47 publications

    5.7K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    50 publications

    3.7K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    68 publications

    4.2K citations

  7. Montana State University

    Bozeman, United States

    22 h-index

    65 publications

    5K citations

  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    22 h-index

    41 publications

    5.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Glaciology

    66 publications · 4.9K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    41 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. ˜The œcryosphere

    39 publications · 1.9K citations

    29

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  4. Annals of Glaciology

    29 publications · 1.9K citations

    24

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 17 publications · 1.8K citations

    15

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