Circulation and Melting Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf
Thermohaline observations in the water column beneath the Ross Ice Shelf and along its terminal face show significant vertical stratification, active horizontal circulation, and net melting at the ice shelf base. Heat is supplied by seawater that moves southward beneath the ice shelf from a central...
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craaas:10.1126/science.203.4379.439 2024-06-09T07:46:51+00:00 Circulation and Melting Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf Jacobs, Stanley S. Gordon, Arnold L. Ardai, J. L. 1979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4379.439 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.203.4379.439 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 203, issue 4379, page 439-443 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 1979 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4379.439 2024-05-16T12:55:07Z Thermohaline observations in the water column beneath the Ross Ice Shelf and along its terminal face show significant vertical stratification, active horizontal circulation, and net melting at the ice shelf base. Heat is supplied by seawater that moves southward beneath the ice shelf from a central warm core and from a western region of high salinity. The near-freezing Ice Shelf Water produced flows northward into the Ross Sea. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf Ross Sea AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Ross Ice Shelf Ross Sea Science 203 4379 439 443 |
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Thermohaline observations in the water column beneath the Ross Ice Shelf and along its terminal face show significant vertical stratification, active horizontal circulation, and net melting at the ice shelf base. Heat is supplied by seawater that moves southward beneath the ice shelf from a central warm core and from a western region of high salinity. The near-freezing Ice Shelf Water produced flows northward into the Ross Sea. |
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Circulation and Melting Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf |
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Circulation and Melting Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf |
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Circulation and Melting Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf |
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Circulation and Melting Beneath the Ross Ice Shelf |
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