Identification of ventilated and submarine glacial meltwaters in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, using noble gases

Autor: DongYoub Shin, Doshik Hahm, Tae-Wan Kim, Tae Siek Rhee, SangHoon Lee, Keyhong Park, Jisoo Park, Young Shin Kwon, Mi Seon Kim, Tongsup Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-7745
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.951471
Popis: To delineate the glacial meltwater distribution, we used five noble gases for optimum multiparameter analysis (OMPA) of the water masses in the Dotson-Getz Trough (DGT), Amundsen Sea. The increased number of tracers allowed us to define potential source waters at the surface, which have not been possible with a small set of tracers. The highest submarine meltwater (SMW) fraction (~0.6%) was present at the depth of ~450 m near the Dotson Ice Shelf. The SMW appeared to travel beyond the continental shelf break along an isopycnal layer. Air-equilibrated freshwater (up to 1.5%), presumably ventilated SMW (VMW) and surface melts, was present in the surface layer (
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