Basal Melt and Freezing Rates From First Noble Gas Samples Beneath an Ice Shelf

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Huhn, Oliver, Hattermann, Tore, Davis, Peter E. D., Dunker, Erich, Hellmer, Hartmut H., Nicholls, Keith W., Østerhus, Svein, Rhein, Monika, Schröder, Michael, Sültenfuß, Jürgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Filchner Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48120/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48120/1/2018GL079706%281%29.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079706; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.ea8f80fe-1b12-433e-8cad-88e3aa2b6dbe; https://hdl.handle.net/

A climatically-induced acceleration in ocean-driven melting of Antarctic ice shelves would have consequences for both the discharge of continental ice into the ocean and thus global sea level, and for the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water and the oceanic meridional overturning circulation. Using a...