Hydrography and circulation in the Filchner Depression, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Darelius, Elin Maria K., Makinson, Keith, Daae, Kjersti Birkeland, Fer, Ilker, Holland, Paul R., Nicholls, Keith W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Berkner Island; Filchner Ice Front; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/13057; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014jc010225

Cold and dense ice shelf water (ISW) emerging from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf cavity in the southwestern Weddell Sea flows northward through the Filchner Depression to eventually descend the con- tinental slope and contribute to the formation of bottom water. New ship-born observations of hydrogra...