Role of dense shelf water in the development of Antarctic submarine canyon morphology

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: Gales, J, Rebesco, M, De Santis, L, Bergamasco, A, Colleoni, F, Kim, S, Accettella, D, Kovacevic, V, Liu, Y, Olivo, E, Colizza, E, Florindo-Lopez, C, Zgur, F, McKay, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Slope process; Continental slope; Submarine gully; Meltwater; Antarctic; Hillary Canyon; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/16486; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107453

Increased ocean heat supply to the Antarctic continental shelves is projected to cause accelerated ice sheet loss and contribute significantly to global sea-level rise over coming decades. Changes in temperature or salinity of dense shelf waters around Antarctica, resulting from increased glacial me...