Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses
Ice shelves are believed to control the glacial stability and the Antarctic Ice Sheet balance, thus their melting is a critical issue. One of the recognized drivers of the ice shelf melting is the intrusion of the warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) onto the Antarctic continental shelves. In the Ross...
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ftuninapoliparth:oai:ricerca.uniparthenope.it:11367/69758 2024-01-28T09:59:30+01:00 Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses Paola Rivaro Francisco Ardini Pasquale Castagno Massimo De Stefano Pierpaolo Falco European Geoscience Union Rivaro, Paola Ardini, Francisco Castagno, Pasquale DE STEFANO, Massimo Falco, Pierpaolo 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/11367/69758 eng eng Copernicus GmBH country:DEU place:Göttingen ispartofbook:Volume 20 – EGU General Assembly 2018 European Geoscience Union volume:Volume 20 - 2018 numberofpages:1 journal:GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH ABSTRACTS http://hdl.handle.net/11367/69758 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2018 ftuninapoliparth 2024-01-03T17:44:16Z Ice shelves are believed to control the glacial stability and the Antarctic Ice Sheet balance, thus their melting is a critical issue. One of the recognized drivers of the ice shelf melting is the intrusion of the warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) onto the Antarctic continental shelves. In the Ross Sea: CDW is a primary source of heat, salt, iron (Fe) and nutrients and plays a major role on the shelf biogeochemical processes; CDW intrudes onto the shelf preferably in the western sector, where the local glaciers are potentially exposed to this warm intrusion; CDW, besides contributing directly to the Fe input, may also have an indirect, but relevant role on the Fe bulk by enhancing the ice shelves melting and iceberg calving. The CELEBeR (CDW Effects on glaciaL mElting and on Bulk of Fe in the Western Ross Sea) project aims to investigate the role of the CDW in supplying Fe to the Ross Sea biological system both directly, as one of the main Fe sources, and indirectly by inducing the Fe-rich glacial melt water inputs in the western Ross Sea. Preliminary data on evidence of glacial melt water input in selected areas are here presented. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Ross Sea Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope": CINECA IRIS Antarctic Ross Sea The Antarctic |
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Ice shelves are believed to control the glacial stability and the Antarctic Ice Sheet balance, thus their melting is a critical issue. One of the recognized drivers of the ice shelf melting is the intrusion of the warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) onto the Antarctic continental shelves. In the Ross Sea: CDW is a primary source of heat, salt, iron (Fe) and nutrients and plays a major role on the shelf biogeochemical processes; CDW intrudes onto the shelf preferably in the western sector, where the local glaciers are potentially exposed to this warm intrusion; CDW, besides contributing directly to the Fe input, may also have an indirect, but relevant role on the Fe bulk by enhancing the ice shelves melting and iceberg calving. The CELEBeR (CDW Effects on glaciaL mElting and on Bulk of Fe in the Western Ross Sea) project aims to investigate the role of the CDW in supplying Fe to the Ross Sea biological system both directly, as one of the main Fe sources, and indirectly by inducing the Fe-rich glacial melt water inputs in the western Ross Sea. Preliminary data on evidence of glacial melt water input in selected areas are here presented. |
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European Geoscience Union Rivaro, Paola Ardini, Francisco Castagno, Pasquale DE STEFANO, Massimo Falco, Pierpaolo |
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Paola Rivaro Francisco Ardini Pasquale Castagno Massimo De Stefano Pierpaolo Falco Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses |
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Paola Rivaro Francisco Ardini Pasquale Castagno Massimo De Stefano Pierpaolo Falco |
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Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses |
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Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses |
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Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses |
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Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses |
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Evidence of glacial melt water input in the Western Ross Sea (Antarctica) water masses |
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evidence of glacial melt water input in the western ross sea (antarctica) water masses |
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Antarctic Ross Sea The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Ross Sea The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Ross Sea |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Iceberg* Ross Sea |
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