Subsurface melting of a free-floating Antarctic iceberg

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1336-1345

  Stephenson, Gordon R ^a   Sprintall, Janet ^a   Gille, Sarah T ^a   Vernet, Maria ^a   Helly, John J ^b   Kaufmann, Ronald S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cryosphere; Icebergs; Melting; Southern ocean; Weddell sea

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CRYOSPHERE; ICEBERGS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

MELTING; STREAM FLOW;

SEA ICE;

BASAL MELTING; CRYOSPHERE; ENTRAINMENT; ICEBERG; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 79955480691     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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