Bathymetry Beneath Ice Shelves of Western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, and Implications on Ice Shelf Stability

• Main Authors: Eisermann, Hannes, Eagles, Graeme, Ruppel, Antonia, Smith, Emma Clare, Jokat, Wilfried
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: FID GEO 2020
• Subjects: Atka; Buttress; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4042; https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/handle/11858/8382

Antarctica's ice shelves play a key role in stabilizing the ice streams that feed them. Since basal melting largely depends on ice‐ocean interactions, it is vital to attain consistent bathymetry models to estimate water and heat exchange beneath ice shelves. We have constructed bathymetry model...