Oceanographic observations at the shelf break of the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Walker, Dziga P., Jenkins, Adrian, Assmann, Karen M., Shoosmith, Deborah R., Brandon, Mark A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/21345/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/21345/1/jgrc20212.pdf

The glaciers draining into the Amundsen Sea Embayment are rapidly losing mass, making a significant contribution to current sea level rise. Studies of Pine Island Glacier (PIG) in this region indicate that the mass loss is associated with rapid melting of its floating ice shelf driven by warm Circum...