On the ventilation of Bransfield Strait deep basins

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Caspel, Mathias van, Hellmer, Hartmut H., Mata, Mauricio M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Larsen Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47410/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.09.006; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.1c2ee608-7010-4a13-8642-08eb2b0efb2b

The deep basins of the Bransfield Strait (BS) are ventilated by Weddell Sea (WS) waters from different origins. Depending on the source and density, these water masses follow different routes across the complex topography near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and thus into the Bransfield Strait ab...