Sea-ice / ice-shelf interaction in the eastern Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Hoppmann, Mario, Nicolaus, Marcel, Hunkeler, Priska, Paul, Stephan, Boebel, Olaf
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Atka; Ekström Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35370/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35370/1/IGS_hoppmann.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43362; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43362.d001

Basal melt of ice shelves leads to an accumulation of disc-shaped ice platelets (platelet layer) beneath a nearby sea-ice cover. Here we present the seasonal cycle of fast ice attached to the Ekström Ice Shelf and the underlying platelet layer in 2012. Ice platelets emerge from the cavity and intera...