Water mass modification over the continental shelf north of Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Nicholls, K W ^a   Padman, L ^b   Schroder M ^c   Woodgate, R A ^d   Jenkins, A ^a   Oterhus S ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctic bottom water; Basal melt rate; High Salinity Shelf water; Ice Shelf water; Ronne Ice Shelf; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; BASAL MELTING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE SHELF; WATER MASS;

(SOUTH); ANTARCTICA; RONNE ICE SHELF; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0345415095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001713     Document Type: Article

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