Glacier tongue calving reduced dense water formation and enhanced carbon uptake

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Shadwick, EH, Rintoul, SR, Tilbrook, BD, Williams, GD, Young, NW, Fraser, AD, Marchant, H, Smith, J, Tamura, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2013
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Indian; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50178; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/83966

[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...