Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments

Geodynamics of Lake Evolution

The distribution of subglacial lakes is determined by the availability of water and basins to collect water.

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Subglacial Hydrology

The location of subglacial lakes suggests that hydrologic processes at the basal interface of ice sheets are important.

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Limnology and Biogeochemistry

Limnological conditions are one determinant of the viability and identity of microbes in subglacial environments .

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Ice Sheet Dynamics

Subglacial water and fluxes of water beneath the ice affects ice sheet and ice stream dynamics.

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Microbial Life, Evolution and Adaptation

The darkness and isolation of subglacial environments constrains the energy and chemicals available for primary production.

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Paleoclimate Records

The key to understanding the origins and evolution of subglacial lake environments is likely in subglacial sedimentary sequences.

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Global Climate Connections

Drainages of subglacial lakes and linkages to ice streams suggest that sub-ice water is an under-appreciated elment of the earth system.

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