Icebergs as tracers of water movement in the Bransfield Strait

The direction and velocity of iceberg drift were measured during 1987 by photogrammetric methods. Drift along the southern coast of King George Island followed the NE and ENE directions of wind and water currents. The highest mean velocities (0.6–0.8 ms −1 ) were recorded in March and April, and the...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Madejski, P., Rakusa-Suszczewski, S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
King George Island
Bransfield Strait
Admiralty Bay
Antarctic Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102090000347
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102090000347
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Summary:The direction and velocity of iceberg drift were measured during 1987 by photogrammetric methods. Drift along the southern coast of King George Island followed the NE and ENE directions of wind and water currents. The highest mean velocities (0.6–0.8 ms −1 ) were recorded in March and April, and the lowest velocities (0.1–0.2 ms −1 ) in winter, from May–July. From August–October velocities (0.4–0.6 ms −1 ) were higher than in November to December (0.4–0.5 ms −1 ). The waters flowing into Admiralty Bay came from the western part of the Bransfield Strait.

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