Modification of deep waters in Marguerite Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula, caused by topographic overflows

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Venables, Hugh J., Meredith, Michael P., Brearley, J. Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Palmer Deep; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513104/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513104/1/Modification%20of%20deep%20waters%20in%20Marguerite%20Bay,%20western%20Antarctic%20Peninsula%20AAM.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064516302843

Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) intrudes from the mid-layers of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current onto the shelf of the western Antarctic Peninsula, providing a source of heat and nutrients to the regional ocean. It is well known that CDW is modified as it flows across the shelf, but the mechanisms res...