Interannual variability beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

As a result of their importance in the production of Antarctic Bottom Water, processes over the Antarctic continental shelf have a strong impact on the global ocean. Some of the ice shelves that cover much of the continental shelf are thought to play a significant role in the production of AABW, par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicholls, Keith, Østerhus, Svein
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Bergen University 2006
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Weddell Sea
Weddell
Ronne Ice Shelf
Antarc*
Antarctica
Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Ice Shelves
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18157/
http://folk.uib.no/ngfso/FRISP/Rep14/nicholls.pdf
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Summary:As a result of their importance in the production of Antarctic Bottom Water, processes over the Antarctic continental shelf have a strong impact on the global ocean. Some of the ice shelves that cover much of the continental shelf are thought to play a significant role in the production of AABW, particularly in the southern Weddell Sea [Foldvik and Gammelsrød, 1988]. The impact of the ocean on ice shelves is of interest from a glaciological perspective also, as ice shelves form the seaward boundary of much of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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