Thermohaline structure and circulation beneath the Langhovde Glacier ice shelf in East Antarctica

Basal melting of ice shelves is the principal driver of recent ice mass loss in Antarctica. The study reports comprehensive structures of temperature, salinity and current under an ice shelf in East Antarctica obtained by borehole measurements.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Masahiro Minowa, Shin Sugiyama, Masato Ito, Shiori Yamane, Shigeru Aoki
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
Subjects:
Science
Q
East Antarctica
Langhovde
Langhovde Glacier
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelf
Ice Shelves
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23534-w
https://doaj.org/article/04fd74778c184fbaad3874f6daa61371

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