Columnar Ice versus Platelet Ice: Differences, Consequences, and Significance

• Main Author: Wongpan, Pat
• Other Authors: Langhorne, Patricia J., Prior, David J., Smith, Inga J.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Otago 2018
• Subjects: Sea ice; Antarctica; Algal biomass; Platelet ice; Columnar ice; EBSD; Normalised Difference Index; NDI; Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; McMurdo Sound; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8094

Antarctic land-fast sea ice (fast ice) is sea ice fastened to land or ice shelves. Fast ice is an important component of Antarctic coastal marine ecosystems, providing a prolific habitat for ice algal communities. Columnar ice is the usual mode of fast ice growth in relatively calm waters. However,...