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DOI | 10.1029/2019GL086724 |
Bathymetry Beneath Ice Shelves of Western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, and Implications on Ice Shelf Stability | |
Eisermann, Hannes1; Eagles, Graeme1; Ruppel, Antonia2; Smith, Emma Clare1; Jokat, Wilfried1,3 | |
2020-05-03 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 47期号:12 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany |
英文摘要 | Antarctica's ice shelves play a key role in stabilizing the ice streams that feed them. Since basal melting largely depends on ice-ocean interactions, it is vital to attain consistent bathymetry models to estimate water and heat exchange beneath ice shelves. We have constructed bathymetry models beneath the ice shelves of western Dronning Maud Land by inverting airborne gravity data and incorporating seismic, multibeam, and radar depth references. Our models reveal deep glacial troughs beneath the ice shelves and terminal moraines close to the continental shelf breaks, which currently limit the entry of Warm Deep Water from the Southern Ocean. The ice shelves buttress a catchment that comprises an ice volume equivalent to nearly 1 m of eustatic sea level rise, partly susceptible to ocean forcing. Changes in water temperature and thermocline depth may accelerate marine-based ice sheet drainage and constitute an underestimated contribution to future global sea level rise. Plain Language Summary The grounded ice sheets of Antarctica are stabilized by floating ice shelves. Any loss in ice shelf mass is matched by an increase in ice sheet drainage, which contributes to rising sea level. The ice shelves of western Dronning Maud Land are currently in balance with an inland ice volume that has the potential to raise global sea level by nearly 1 m. Ice shelves lose most of their mass from their bases when warm water intrudes from the surrounding ocean. The extent to which this occurs depends on the depth and shape of the seafloor beneath the ice shelves. We have modeled water depths beneath the ice shelves of Dronning Maud Land using airborne gravity data and depth measurements from seismic, multibeam, and radar data. Our bathymetric models show deep troughs beneath the ice shelves and shallow sills close to the continental shelf. These sills currently limit water mass exchange with Warm Deep Water from the Southern Ocean and so protect the ice shelves from significant melting at their bases. A changing climate with increasing ocean temperatures or a shallowing of warm water masses may increase ice shelf melting and lead to an increased sea level contribution. |
英文关键词 | subglacial topography bathymetry model gravity inversion Fimbul Jelbart Ekstrom |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000551464800008 |
WOS关键词 | GONDWANA BREAK-UP ; MELT RATES ; CAVITY ; MODEL ; SEA ; PROVINCES ; GLACIER ; SURFACE ; DRIVEN ; WATER |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/248907 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Alfred Wegener Inst, Bremerhaven, Germany; 2.Fed Inst Geosci & Nat Resources, Hannover, Germany; 3.Univ Bremen, Fac Geosci, Bremen, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Eisermann, Hannes,Eagles, Graeme,Ruppel, Antonia,et al. Bathymetry Beneath Ice Shelves of Western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, and Implications on Ice Shelf Stability[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2020,47(12). |
APA | Eisermann, Hannes,Eagles, Graeme,Ruppel, Antonia,Smith, Emma Clare,&Jokat, Wilfried.(2020).Bathymetry Beneath Ice Shelves of Western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, and Implications on Ice Shelf Stability.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,47(12). |
MLA | Eisermann, Hannes,et al."Bathymetry Beneath Ice Shelves of Western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, and Implications on Ice Shelf Stability".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 47.12(2020). |
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