A new bathymetry for the southeastern Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf: implications for modern oceanographic processes and glacial history

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Rosier, Sebastian H.R., Hofstede, C., Brisbourne, Alex M., Hattermann, T., Nicholls, Keith W., Davis, Peter E.D., Anker, Paul G.D., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Smith, Andy M., Corr, Hugh F.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Berkner Island; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520273/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520273/7/Rosier-2018-A-new-bathymetry-for-the-southeaste.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013982

The Filchner‐Ronne Ice Shelf, the ocean cavity beneath it and the Weddell Sea that bounds it, form an important part of the global climate system by modulating ice discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and producing cold dense water masses that feed the global thermohaline circulation. A prerequisi...