Seasonal changes in glacial polynya activity inferred from Weddell Sea varves

• Main Authors: Sprenk, D., Weber, M. E., Kuhn, G., Wennrich, V., Hartmann, T., Seelos, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH 2014
• Subjects: ddc:no; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/45006/

The Weddell Sea and the associated Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf constitute key regions for global bottom-water production today. However, little is known about bottom-water production under different climate and ice-sheet conditions. Therefore, we studied core PS1795, which consists primarily of fine-gr...