Platelet ice attachment to instrument strings beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Craven, M, Warner, RC, Galton-Fenzi, B, Herraiz Borreguero, L, Vogel, SW, Allison, I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Int Glaciol Soc 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J082; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/93951

Oceanographic instruments suspended beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, have recorded sporadic pressure decreases of 1020 dbar over a few days at three sites where basal marine ice growth is expected. We attribute these events to flotation due to platelet ice accretion on the instrument mo...