Calibrated Seismic Imaging of Eddy-Dominated Warm-Water Transport across the Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Gunn, Kathryn L., White, Nicky J., Larter, Robert D., Caulfield, Colm-cille P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2018
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Alexander Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Marguerite; Southern Ocean; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/4250/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/4250/1/gunn-et-al-2018-rev-v8.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/4250/2/Gunn_et_al-2018-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research%253A_Oceans.pdf

Seismic reflection images of thermohaline circulation from the Bellingshausen Sea, adjacent to the West Antarctica Peninsula, were acquired during February 2015. This survey shows that bright reflectivity occurs throughout the upper 300 m. By calibrating these seismic images with coeval hydrographic...