The three-dimensional shape of sea ice revealed by multibeam sonar

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Wilkinson, J. P., Wadhams, P.
• Other Authors: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Pancake; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516778/; https://doi.org/10.1144/M46.181

The life history of sea ice is written in its basal morphology. Sea ice progresses through several stages during its lifecycle, including frazil, nilas and pancake ice, until it bonds into a near-continuous sheet known as first-year (FY) ice. If this ice survives the summer melt-season, it becomes m...