Bathymetry Beneath Ice Shelves of Western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, and Implications on Ice Shelf Stability

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Eisermann, Hannes, Eagles, Graeme, Ruppel, Antonia, Smith, Emma Clare, Jokat, Wilfried, 1 Alfred‐Wegener‐Institute Bremerhaven Germany, 2 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources Hannover Germany
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: ddc:551.31; ddc:550.28; subglacial topography; bathymetry model; gravity inversion; Fimbul; Jelbart; Ekström; Buttress; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4042; http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/8382

Antarctica's ice shelves play a key role in stabilizing the ice streams that feed them. Since basal melting largely depends on ice‐ocean interactions, it is vital to attain consistent bathymetry models to estimate water and heat exchange beneath ice shelves. We have constructed bathymetry model...