Glacier tongue calving reduced dense water formation and enhanced carbon uptake
[1] Dense shelf water formed in the Mertz Polynya supplies the lower limb of the global overturning circulation, ventilating the abyssal Indian and Pacific Oceans. Calving of the Mertz Glacier Tongue (MGT) in February 2010 altered the regional distribution of ice and reduced the size and activity of...
Published in: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Amer Geophysical Union
2013
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50178 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/83966 |