Abstract: Drainage channels are essential components of englacial and subglacial hydrologic systems. Here, we use the M integral, a path-independent integral of the equations of continuum mechanics for a class of media, to unify ...

Abstract: A 2008 report by Das et al. documented the rapid drainage during summer 2006 of a supraglacial lake, of approximately 44أ—106 m3, into the Greenland ice sheet over a time scale moderately longer than 1 hr. The lake had ...