Long-term accumulation of perchlorate aerosol combined with geothermal heat flux may contribute to basal ice lubrication at West Antarctica


Ricardo H.M. Godoi1, Heitor Evangelista2, Johannes Weis3, Sérgio J. Gonçalves Jr4, Tristan Harder3, Swarup China5, Alexander Laskin6, Mary Kathleen Gilles7 and Ana Flavia Locateli Godoi8, (1)UFPR Federal University of Parana, Parano, Brazil, (2)UERJ Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)UFPR Federal University of Parana, Environmental Engineering, Parano, Brazil, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Richland, United States, (6)Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (7)Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States, (8)UFPR Federal University of Parana, Environmental Engineering, Parana, Brazil