Strong ice-ocean interaction beneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica

Strong ice-ocean interaction beneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica

East Antarctic ice shelves typically have cold ice cavities with low basal melt rates. Here the authors direct observational evidence of high basal melt rates beneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica, driven by inflowing warm water guided by a deep continuous trough extending to the contine...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Hirano, Takeshi Tamura, Kazuya Kusahara, Kay I. Ohshima, Keith W. Nicholls, Shuki Ushio, Daisuke Simizu, Kazuya Ono, Masakazu Fujii, Yoshifumi Nogi, Shigeru Aoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17527-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17527-4

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