Stratigraphic Analysis of Firn Cores from an Antarctic Ice Shelf Firn Aquifer

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Shelley MacDonell, Francisco Fernandoy, Paula Villar, Arno Hammann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: ice shelf; firn aquifer; ice core; stratigraphy; glacier hydrology; Antarctica; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Müller Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050731; https://doaj.org/article/a6002f8d4b074cfabbd33f4e67ae8b11

In recent decades, several large ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula region have experienced significant ice loss, likely driven by a combination of oceanic, atmospheric and hydrological processes. All three areas need further research, however, in the case of the role of liquid water the first c...