Formation and export of dense shelf water from the Adelie Depression, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Williams, GD, Bindoff, NL, Marsland, SJ, Rintoul, SR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2008
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Adelie Depression; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004346; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/55433

Coastal polynyas in the Adelie Depression are an important source of AntarcticBottom Water to the Australian-Antarctic Basin. We present time series (April 1998 toMay 1999 and August 1999 to February 2000) of data from temperature-salinitysensors, in both the Adelie Depression and the known outflow...