Channelized, distributed, and disconnected: subglacial drainage under a valley glacier in the Yukon

<p>The subglacial drainage system is one of the main controls on basal sliding, but remains only partially understood. Here we use an 8-year dataset of borehole observations on a small, alpine polythermal valley glacier in the Yukon Territory to assess qualitatively how well the established...

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Main Authors: C. Rada, C. Schoof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-08-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2609/2018/tc-12-2609-2018.pdf