The Antarctic Coastal Current in the Bellingshausen Sea

• Other Authors: Schubert, Ryan A. (author), Speer, Kevin G. (Kevin George) (professor directing thesis), Clarke, Allan J. (committee member), Bourassa, Mark Allan (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science (degree granting department)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Florida State University 2020
• Subjects: Oceanography; Abbot Ice Shelf; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A777114/datastream/TN/view/Antarctic%20Coastal%20Current%20in%20the%20Bellingshausen%20Sea.jpg

The ice shelves in the Western Antarctic have seen an increase in melt over the past decade, mainly due to basal melting induced by underlying warm, salty Circumpolar Deep Water. Seal data in the Bellingshausen Sea provides extensive hydrographic coverage, allowing insight into a westward flowing co...