The ice front as a topographic barrier for ocean heat transport

• Published in: Nature
• Main Author: Steiger, Nadine
• Other Authors: orcid:0000-0002-7533-6583
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2760582

Antarctic ice shelves are the link between the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The floating ice shelves restrain the seaward flow of the grounded ice, which is balanced by iceberg calving and ocean-induced basal melting. An increase in oceanic heat flux towards the West Antarctic ice she...