Thermohaline structure and circulation beneath the Langhovde Glacier ice shelf in East Antarctica

Masahiro Minowa; Shin Sugiyama; Masato Ito; Shiori Yamane; Shigeru Aoki

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23534-w

Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Thermohaline structure and circulation beneath the Langhovde Glacier ice shelf in East Antarctica

Masahiro Minowa,
Shin Sugiyama,
Masato Ito,
Shiori Yamane,
Shigeru Aoki

Affiliations

Masahiro Minowa: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Shin Sugiyama: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Masato Ito: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Shiori Yamane: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Shigeru Aoki: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23534-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Basal melting of ice shelves is the principal driver of recent ice mass loss in Antarctica. The study reports comprehensive structures of temperature, salinity and current under an ice shelf in East Antarctica obtained by borehole measurements.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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