Ocean circulation beneath the Ronne ice shelf

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Nicholls, Keith W., Makinson, Keith, Robinson, A. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520115/; https://doi.org/10.1038/354221a0

THE intimate thermal contact between the base of Antarctic ice shelves and the underlying ocean enables changes in climate to have a rapid impact on the outflow of ice from the interior of Antarctica1,2. Furthermore, water modified by passage under ice shelves, particularly in the Weddell Sea, is be...