On the thermohaline circulation beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelves

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Hellmer, H.H., Olbers, D.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1991
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Berkner Island; Filchner Ice Shelf; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102091000524; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102091000524

In the Weddell Sea oceanographic data and numerical models demonstrate that Ice Shelf Water, one ingredient in the production of Weddell Sea Bottom Water, is formed by thermohaline interaction of High Salinity Shelf Water with the base of the Filchner-Ronne ice shelves. South of Berkner Island a pas...