"Subglacial water" refers to water that is located beneath a glacier or ice sheet. It is the water that exists in liquid form underneath the frozen surface of the ice.
Sentences with «subglacial water»
These observations reveal a widespread, dynamic subglacial water system which may exert an important control on ice flow and mass balance. (realclimate.org)
Similar subglacial water activity in Greenland would seem to fill the bill nicely, in particular because it would also explain the sharp changes in outlet glacier speed. (realclimate.org)
SALSA will gather data from permanent GPS stations to better understand subglacial water flow's influence on the larger ice sheet system and improve subglacial lake modeling through comparing our model's estimates against geochemical data. (salsa-antarctica.org)