Multi-year/multi-decade ice about Mertz Glacier, East Antarctica, and its temporal evolution

• Main Authors: Young, NW, Lieser, JL, Massom, RA, Fraser, Alexander Donald, Floricioiu, D
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Mertz Glacier Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/90788

Large areas of multi-year and multi-decade sea ice occur to the east of the Mertz Glacier Tongue (MGT) in East Antarctica. Measurements of the free-board height of this ice obtained by satellite-borne laser and radar altimeters indicates that the ice is many metres thick and in places tens of metres...