Bathymetric and subglacial hydrological context for the basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves ...

• Main Author: Wei, Wei
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Texas at Austin 2021
• Subjects: Ice shelf; Bathymetry; Basal melting; Subglacial discharges; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Southern Ocean; West Antarctica; West Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/41879; https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/114976

Today, Antarctica holds a 58 m (190 ft) sea level potential locked in its grounded ice. Ice shelves serve as a gatekeeper to this grounded ice. However, sea level is currently rising at an alarming rate, ultimately endangering lives and economies all over the world. To accurately project the future...