Free Drifting Icebergs as Proliferation Sites of Iron Enrichment, Organic Carbon Production and Export in the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Shaw, Tim, Twining, Benjamin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems; Chemistry:Fluid; Sea Surface; Sea Ice; Southern Ocean; Biosphere; Cryosphere; Geochemistry; Oceans; Weddell Sea; US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC); Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600064

Abstract: Atmospheric warming has been associated with retreating glaciers, disintegrating ice shelves, and the increasing prevalence of icebergs in the Southern Ocean over the last decade. Our preliminary study of two icebergs in the NW Weddell Sea, an area of high iceberg concentration, showed sig...