How iceberg calving and grounding change the circulation and hydrography

• Main Authors: K. Grosfeld, E. Fahrbach, R. Gerdes, A. Mackensen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Berkner Bank; Filchner Ice Shelf; Filchner Trough; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Abyssal Plain; Weddell Sea; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.469.3889; http://www.geo.uni-bremen.de/geomod/staff/grosfeld/Grosfeld_et_al_1997.pdf

Abstract. The formation of bottom water in the southern Weddell Sea is strongly influenced by the flow of Ice Shelf Water (ISW) out of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf cavity. The breakout of three giant icebergs in 1986 and their grounding on the shallow Berkner Bank modified the circulation and water...