Examining the interaction between multi-year landfast sea ice and the Mertz Glacier Tongue, East Antarctica: Another factor in ice sheet stability?

• Published in: The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
• Main Authors: Massom, RA, Giles, AB, Fricker, HA, Warner, RC, Legresy, B, Hyland, G, Young, NW, Fraser, AD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Ninnis Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00480.x; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JC006083; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/71034

The Mertz Glacier tongue (MGT), East Antarctica, has a large area of multi-year fast sea ice (MYFI) attached to its eastern edge. We use various satellite data sets to study the extent, age, and thickness of the MYFI and how it interacts with the MGT. We estimate its age to be at least 25 years and...