Perennial Water Stratification and the Role of Basal Freshwater Flow in the Mass Balance of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Canadian High Arctic

• Main Author: Jefferies, Martin O.
• Other Authors: ALASKA UNIV FAIRBANKS GEOPHYSICAL INST
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE ISLANDS; *WATER FLOW; ABLATION; ACCUMULATION; DAMS; DELTAS; ELLESMERE ISLAND; FEEDBACK; FJORDS; ICE; LAYERS; MELTING; MIXING; PRECIPITATION; RECORDS; RUNOFF; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; THICKNESS; TRITIUM; VALUE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; *Global climate change; Component Reports; Arctic; Fairbanks; Ellesmere Island; Ward Hunt Ice Shelf; Climate change; Ice; Ice Shelf; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007307; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007307

A pronounced perennial water stratification in Disraeli Fjord behind the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf on the north coast of Ellesmere Island is described. 'ne ice shelf acts as a hanging dam at the mouth of the fjord and minimizes mixing between inflowing meltwater runoff and the seawater. Consequently,...