Ice-Shelf Meltwater Overturning in the Bellingshausen Sea

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Ruan, Xiaozhou, Speer, Kevin G., Thompson, Andrew F., Schulze Chretien, Lena M., Shoosmith, Deborah R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2021
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Bellingshausen Sea; Latady; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/109014/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/109014/3/2020JC016957.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/109014/1/2020JC016957.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20210507-141844617

Hydrographic data are analyzed for the broad continental shelf of the Bellingshausen Sea, which is host to a number of rapidly thinning ice shelves. The flow of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) onto the continental shelf is observed in the two major glacially carved troughs, the Belgica and Latady...