Properties of a marine ice layer under the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Craven, M, Allison, I, Fricker, HA, Warner, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Int Glaciol Soc 2009
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3189/002214309789470941; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/100643

The Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, undergoes high basal melt rates near the southern limit of its grounding line where 80% of the ice melts within 240 km of becoming afloat. A considerable portion of this later refreezes downstream as marine ice. This produces a marine ice layer up to 200 m thick...