Southern Weddell Sea surface freshwater flux modulated by icescape and atmospheric forcing [PDF]
Ocean Science, 2023 Sea ice formation dominates surface salt forcing in the southern Weddell Sea. Brine rejected in the process of sea ice production results in the production of High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) that feeds the global overturning circulation and fuels the ...
L. Stulic +6 more
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Ice Shelf Water plume flow beneath Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2007 A two‐dimensional plume model is used to study the interaction between Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica and its underlying ocean cavity. Ice Shelf Water (ISW) plumes are initiated by the freshwater released from a melting ice shelf and, if they rise, may become supercooled and deposit marine ice due to the pressure increase in the in situ freezing ...
Holland, Paul R. +2 more
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A geomorphological overview of glacial landforms on the Icelandic continental shelf [PDF]
, 2009 The availability of a bathymetric database that covers about 80% of the Icelandic shelf has made it possible to produce a geomorphological map of the glacial landforms.
Clark, C.D., Spagnolo, M.
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The internal structure of the Brunt Ice Shelf from ice-penetrating radar analysis and implications for ice shelf fracture [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2018 The rate and direction of rift propagation through ice shelves depend on both the stress field and the heterogeneity (or otherwise) of the physical properties of the ice.
E. C. King +4 more
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The complex basal morphology and ice dynamics of the Nansen Ice Shelf, East Antarctica [PDF]
The CryosphereIce shelf dynamics and morphology play an important role in the stability of floating bodies of ice by driving fracturing that can lead to calving, in turn impacting the ability of the ice shelf to buttress upstream grounded ice. Following a 2016 calving
C. F. Dow +12 more
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Blocking a wave: Frequency band gaps in ice shelves with periodic crevasses [PDF]
, 2011 We assess how the propagation of high-frequency elastic-flexural waves through an ice shelf is modified by the presence of spatially periodic crevasses.
Ashcroft +9 more
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Ice-shelf basal melting in a global finite-element sea-ice/ice-shelf/ocean model [PDF]
Annals of Glaciology, 2012 AbstractThe Finite Element Sea-ice Ocean Model (FESOM) has been augmented by an ice-shelf component with a three-equation system for diagnostic computation of boundary layer temperature and salinity. Ice-shelf geometry and global ocean bathymetry have been derived from the RTopo-1 dataset.
Timmermann +3 more
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Bathymetric and oceanic controls on Abbot Ice Shelf thickness and stability [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2014 Ice shelves play key roles in stabilizing Antarctica's ice sheets, maintaining its high albedo and returning freshwater to the Southern Ocean. Improved data sets of ice shelf draft and underlying bathymetry are important for assessing ocean–ice ...
J. R. Cochran +3 more
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The origin of green icebergs in Antarctica [PDF]
, 1992 A comparison of samples from a translucent green iceberg with a core from the Ronne Ice Shelf revealed an excellent agreement in isotopic composition, crystal structure, and incorporated sediment particles.
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Ice-Shelf Melting Around Antarctica [PDF]
Science, 2013 Major Meltdown The ice shelves and floating ice tongues that surround Antarctica cover more than 1.5 million square kilometers—approximately the size of the entire Greenland Ice Sheet. Conventional wisdom has held that ice shelves around Antarctica lose mass mostly by iceberg calving, but recently it has become increasingly clear
Rignot, E +3 more
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