Evidence of ice shelf melt in the Bellingshausen Sea from seal-borne observations

• Main Authors: Zhang, X., Thompson, A.F., Flexas, M.M., Bornemann, Horst
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; The Antarctic; Venable Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35470/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35470/1/Zhang-etal_2014.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43509; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43509.d001

The inflow of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) onto the Antarctic continental shelf contributes to basal melting of ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea. The Bellingshausen Sea (BS) also hosts several major ice shelves, but observations regarding the trends of shelf water properties are limited, especia...