Circulation and water mass transports on the East Antarctic shelf in the Mertz Glacier region

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Martin, Antoine, Houssais, Marie-noelle, Le Goff, Herve, Marec, Claudie, Dausse, Denis
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; George V Land; Mertz Glacier; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.05.007; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00386/49766/50302.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00386/49766/50739.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00386/49766/

The East Antarctic shelf off Adélie-George V Land is known to be an important region for Dense Shelf Water (DSW) formation as a result of intense sea ice production in the Mertz Glacier Polynya during the winter season. It is also a region where the warm modified Circumpolar Deep Water (mCDW) penetr...