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The cavity under the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
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posted on 2023-05-16, 23:00 authored by Benjamin Galton-FenziBenjamin Galton-Fenzi, Maraldi, C, Richard ColemanRichard Coleman, John HunterJohn HunterOcean circulation under ice shelves and associated rates ofmelting and freezing are strongly influenced by the shape of the sub-ice-shelf cavity. We have refined an existing method and used additional in situ measurements to estimate the cavity shape under the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. A finite-element hydrodynamic ocean-tide model was used to simulate the major tidal constituents for a range of different sub-Amery Ice Shelf cavity water-column thicknesses. The data are adjusted in the largely unsurveyed southern region of the ice-shelf cavity by comparing the complex error between simulated tides and in situ tides, derived from GPS observations. We show a significant improvement in the simulated tides, with a combined complex error of 1.8 cm, in comparison with past studies which show a complex error of ¡5.3 cm. Our bathymetry incorporates ice-draft data at the grounding line and seismic surveys, which have provided a considerable amount of new data. This technique has particular application when the water column beneath ice shelves is inaccessible and in situ GPS data are available.
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Publication title
Journal of GlaciologyVolume
54Issue
188Pagination
881-887ISSN
0022-1430Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
International Glaciological SocietyPlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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