Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water

Autores
Richter, Andreas Jorg; Popov, Sergey V.; Schroeder, Ludwig; Schwabe, Joachim; Ewert, Heiko; Scheinert, Mirko; Horwath, Martin; Dietrich, Reinhard
Año de publicación
2014
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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The question whether Antarctica's largest lake, subglacial Lake Vostok, exchanges water is of interdisciplinary relevance but has been undecided so far. We present the potential pathway, outlet location, and threshold height of subglacial water discharge from this lake based on a quantitative evaluation of the fluid potential. If water left Lake Vostok, it would flow toward Ross Ice Shelf. Discharge would occur first to the east of the southern tip of the lake. At this location the bedrock threshold is 91 ± 23 m higher than the hydrostatic equipotential level of Lake Vostok. It is concluded that Lake Vostok is not likely to reach this level within climatic timescales and that no discharge of liquid water is to be expected. We show that in absence of the ice sheet the Lake Vostok depression would harbor a lake significantly deeper and larger than the present aquifer.
Fil: Richter, Andreas Jorg. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Popov, Sergey V.. Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition. Lomonosov; Rusia
Fil: Schroeder, Ludwig. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Schwabe, Joachim. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Ewert, Heiko. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Scheinert, Mirko. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Horwath, Martin. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Dietrich, Reinhard. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Materia
Subglacial Lake
Subglacial Hydrology
Glaciology
Antarctica
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spelling Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge waterRichter, Andreas JorgPopov, Sergey V.Schroeder, LudwigSchwabe, JoachimEwert, HeikoScheinert, MirkoHorwath, MartinDietrich, ReinhardSubglacial LakeSubglacial HydrologyGlaciologyAntarcticahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The question whether Antarctica's largest lake, subglacial Lake Vostok, exchanges water is of interdisciplinary relevance but has been undecided so far. We present the potential pathway, outlet location, and threshold height of subglacial water discharge from this lake based on a quantitative evaluation of the fluid potential. If water left Lake Vostok, it would flow toward Ross Ice Shelf. Discharge would occur first to the east of the southern tip of the lake. At this location the bedrock threshold is 91 ± 23 m higher than the hydrostatic equipotential level of Lake Vostok. It is concluded that Lake Vostok is not likely to reach this level within climatic timescales and that no discharge of liquid water is to be expected. We show that in absence of the ice sheet the Lake Vostok depression would harbor a lake significantly deeper and larger than the present aquifer.Fil: Richter, Andreas Jorg. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; AlemaniaFil: Popov, Sergey V.. Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition. Lomonosov; RusiaFil: Schroeder, Ludwig. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; AlemaniaFil: Schwabe, Joachim. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; AlemaniaFil: Ewert, Heiko. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; AlemaniaFil: Scheinert, Mirko. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; AlemaniaFil: Horwath, Martin. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; AlemaniaFil: Dietrich, Reinhard. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; AlemaniaAmerican Geophysical Union2014-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/32993Scheinert, Mirko; Schwabe, Joachim; Ewert, Heiko; Popov, Sergey V.; Richter, Andreas Jorg; Dietrich, Reinhard; et al.; Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water; American Geophysical Union; Geophysical Research Letters; 41; 19; 10-2014; 6772-67780094-8276CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/2014GL061433info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GL061433/abstractinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:02:31Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/32993instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:02:31.609CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
title Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
spellingShingle Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
Richter, Andreas Jorg
Subglacial Lake
Subglacial Hydrology
Glaciology
Antarctica
title_short Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
title_full Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
title_fullStr Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
title_full_unstemmed Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
title_sort Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Richter, Andreas Jorg
Popov, Sergey V.
Schroeder, Ludwig
Schwabe, Joachim
Ewert, Heiko
Scheinert, Mirko
Horwath, Martin
Dietrich, Reinhard
author Richter, Andreas Jorg
author_facet Richter, Andreas Jorg
Popov, Sergey V.
Schroeder, Ludwig
Schwabe, Joachim
Ewert, Heiko
Scheinert, Mirko
Horwath, Martin
Dietrich, Reinhard
author_role author
author2 Popov, Sergey V.
Schroeder, Ludwig
Schwabe, Joachim
Ewert, Heiko
Scheinert, Mirko
Horwath, Martin
Dietrich, Reinhard
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Subglacial Lake
Subglacial Hydrology
Glaciology
Antarctica
topic Subglacial Lake
Subglacial Hydrology
Glaciology
Antarctica
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The question whether Antarctica's largest lake, subglacial Lake Vostok, exchanges water is of interdisciplinary relevance but has been undecided so far. We present the potential pathway, outlet location, and threshold height of subglacial water discharge from this lake based on a quantitative evaluation of the fluid potential. If water left Lake Vostok, it would flow toward Ross Ice Shelf. Discharge would occur first to the east of the southern tip of the lake. At this location the bedrock threshold is 91 ± 23 m higher than the hydrostatic equipotential level of Lake Vostok. It is concluded that Lake Vostok is not likely to reach this level within climatic timescales and that no discharge of liquid water is to be expected. We show that in absence of the ice sheet the Lake Vostok depression would harbor a lake significantly deeper and larger than the present aquifer.
Fil: Richter, Andreas Jorg. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Popov, Sergey V.. Polar Marine Geosurvey Expedition. Lomonosov; Rusia
Fil: Schroeder, Ludwig. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Schwabe, Joachim. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Ewert, Heiko. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Scheinert, Mirko. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Horwath, Martin. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
Fil: Dietrich, Reinhard. Technische Universitat Dresden. Dresden; Alemania
description The question whether Antarctica's largest lake, subglacial Lake Vostok, exchanges water is of interdisciplinary relevance but has been undecided so far. We present the potential pathway, outlet location, and threshold height of subglacial water discharge from this lake based on a quantitative evaluation of the fluid potential. If water left Lake Vostok, it would flow toward Ross Ice Shelf. Discharge would occur first to the east of the southern tip of the lake. At this location the bedrock threshold is 91 ± 23 m higher than the hydrostatic equipotential level of Lake Vostok. It is concluded that Lake Vostok is not likely to reach this level within climatic timescales and that no discharge of liquid water is to be expected. We show that in absence of the ice sheet the Lake Vostok depression would harbor a lake significantly deeper and larger than the present aquifer.
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Scheinert, Mirko; Schwabe, Joachim; Ewert, Heiko; Popov, Sergey V.; Richter, Andreas Jorg; Dietrich, Reinhard; et al.; Subglacial Lake Vostok not expected to discharge water; American Geophysical Union; Geophysical Research Letters; 41; 19; 10-2014; 6772-6778
0094-8276
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