New oceanographic data from beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Nicholls, K.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-4509; Makinson, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5791-1767; Johnson, M.R.. 1997 New oceanographic data from beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 24 (2). 167-170. 10.1029/96GL03922

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Abstract/Summary

Oceanographic data have been obtained via an access hole made through Ronne Ice Shelf. The site, which is the third in a series of similar studies, lies 17 km west of Korff Ice Rise where 825 m of ice overlies a 485-m deep water column. Measurements included conductivity and temperature profiles, and an instrument mooring was deployed for long-term measurements of currents, temperature and conductivity. At the sea floor there was a 150-m layer of well-mixed water with a potential temperature and salinity of −1.97°C and 34.72. The water cooled and freshened towards the ice-shelf base, ultimately reaching −2.41°C and 34.51. The hydrographic and water current data imply a flow into the deepest part of the sub-ice shelf cavity of about 200,000 m³ s−1 of the deeper, relatively warm water, which would be able to power an average basal melt rate of 0.2 m a−1 for the western portion of Ronne Ice Shelf.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1029/96GL03922
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme
ISSN:	00948276
Date made live:	27 Sep 2016 10:39 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514612

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1029/96GL03922

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Pre 2000 programme

ISSN:

00948276

Date made live:

27 Sep 2016 10:39 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514612