Ocean interactions with the base of Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hellmer, Hartmut H., Jacobs, Stanley S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: 48; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Prydz Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930037350

Using a two-dimensional ocean themohaline circulation model, we varied the cavity shape beneath Amery Ice Shelf in an attempt to reproduce the 150-m-thick marine ice layer observed at the 'G1' ice core site. Most simulations caused melting rates which decrease the ice thickness by as much...