Oceanic environment of George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Talbot, M.H.. 1988 Oceanic environment of George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Annals of Glaciology, 11. 161-164. 10.3189/S0260305500006480

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Abstract/Summary

A collation of available data shows that sea-water with a temperature 3°C above the in-situ freezing point lies beneath George VI Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula, and is widespread on the Amundsen-Bellingshausen continental shelf. The presence of warm water is a factor in the recent and continuing disintegration of ice shelves in the region, yet the meteorology and oceanography of the sector are little known. We discuss a plausible link between the present climatic conditions, sea-water characteristics and the warm-water intrusion on to the continental shelf, thereby illustrating an indirect climatic influence on the mass balance of ice shelves.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.3189/S0260305500006480
ISSN:	0260-3055
Date made live:	13 Dec 2018 11:39 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521870

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.3189/S0260305500006480

ISSN:

0260-3055

Date made live:

13 Dec 2018 11:39 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521870