SEISMIC SPOT SOUNDINGS REVEAL DEEP BATHYMETRY AND THICK WATER COLUMN BETWEEN CROSSON AND DOTSON ICE SHELVES, WEST ANTARCTICA

• Main Author: Unkn Unknown
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Temple University. Libraries 2020
• Subjects: Geophysics; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Geology; Geography; Amundsen Sea Embayment; Bathymetry; Crosson; Dotson; Ice Shelf; Seismic; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Bear Island; Dotson Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/4718; https://scholarshare.temple.edu/handle/20.500.12613/4736

The Bear Island Strait between Crosson and Dotson Ice Shelves in the Amundsen Sea Embayment sector of West Antarctica is an important junction for seawater exchange in the region. This work establishes that two previously distinct masses of seawater beneath the ice shelves now interact due to the th...