Freeze-thaw dynamics and the implications for stratification and brine geochemistry in meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Wait, B.R., Nokes, R., Webster-Brown, J.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; McMurdo Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102009001904; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102009001904

Abstract A high resolution record of water column temperatures was measured in a coastal meltwater pond on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The maximum temperature gradient measured through the water column was 35°C, with an annual temperature range of 52.1°C within the pond. For most of the year...