Fig. 1: Locator map of SLM along the confluence of the Mercer and Whillans ice streams. | ISME Communications

Fig. 1: Locator map of SLM along the confluence of the Mercer and Whillans ice streams.

From: Biogeochemical and historical drivers of microbial community composition and structure in sediments from Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica

Fig. 1

The drilling sites for SLM, SLW, and WGZ are marked with red dots. The blue lines represent the predicted water flow paths beneath WAIS [15] and the white line indicates the ice-sheet grounding line [63]. The background imagery is MODIS MOA2009 [61] with ice velocity overlain [62].

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