Cook Ice Shelf and Ninnis Glacier Tongue Bathymetry From Inversion of Operation Ice Bridge Airborne Gravity Data
| Autor: | Renata R. Constantino, Kirsty J. Tinto |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 50, Iss 11, Pp n/a-n/a (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1944-8007 0094-8276 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2023GL103815 |
| Popis: | Abstract The seafloor depths under the Cook Ice Shelf and Ninnis Glacier Tongue have not been directly measured, despite their importance for understanding ocean circulation and ice shelf change. We model the bathymetry underneath the floating ice and surrounding ocean using airborne gravity data. Our model is constrained by few ship‐based seafloor measurements near the ice front and by ice‐base measurements over areas of grounded ice from radar data. Localized basins (∼1,400 m deep) are found beneath both ice shelves. The shallowest modeled bathymetry (∼200 m) represents the offshore extension of Cape Freshfield. Near the grounding line, seafloor depths are found to be deeper than the observed depth of the modified Circumpolar Deep water in the region ( |
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