Evidence for basal marine ice in the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf.

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Oerter, H., Kipfstuhl, J., Determann, J., Miller, H.W., Wagenbach, D., Minikin, A., Graft, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://push-zb.helmholtz-muenchen.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=40526; https://doi.org/10.1038/358399a0

THE Filchner-Ronne ice shelf, which drains most of the marine-based portions of the West Antarctic ice sheet, is the largest ice shelf on Earth by volume. The origin and properties of the ice that constitutes this shelf are poorly understood, because a strong reflecting interface within the ice and...