What lies beneath: A detailed bathymetry of the sea-floor below Ekström Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
Smith, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-8259,
Drews, Reinhard,
Ehlers, Todd,
Franke, Dieter,
Gaedicke, Christoph,
Hofstede, Coen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6015-6918,
Kuhn, Gerhard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-7485,
Lambrecht, Astrid,
Mayer, Christoph,
Tiedemann, Ralf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7211-8049 and
Eisen, Olaf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6380-962X
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emma.smith [ at ] awi.de
Abstract
An extensive grid of seismic reflection data collected on Ekstro ̈m Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, between 2010–2018, using an on-ice vibroseis source and snowstreamer, are used to make a detailed bathymetry map of the sea floorand ice-shelf cavity. The maps shows a deep sea-floor trough, likely a paleao-ice stream, under the western side ofthe ice shelf. The trough contains a number of points of higher topography, indicating probable former grounding line positions. At the shelf front a sill running across the width of the shelf has implications for ocean circulation and thus ice-ocean interaction and ice shelf melt. This new bathymetry is markedly different from previous models, which show a generally flat and shallow sea floor in the region. This is presumably the case for many of the smaller ice-shelves in Dronning Maud Land, which highlights the need for better bathymetry measurements in these key threshold regions.
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Smith, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-8259,
Drews, Reinhard,
Ehlers, Todd,
Franke, Dieter,
Gaedicke, Christoph,
Hofstede, Coen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6015-6918,
Kuhn, Gerhard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-7485,
Lambrecht, Astrid,
Mayer, Christoph,
Tiedemann, Ralf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7211-8049 and
Eisen, Olaf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6380-962X
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EGU General Assembly, 07 Apr 2019 - 12 Apr 2019, Vienna.
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Smith, E.
,
Drews, R.
,
Ehlers, T.
,
Franke, D.
,
Gaedicke, C.
,
Hofstede, C.
,
Kuhn, G.
,
Lambrecht, A.
,
Mayer, C.
,
Tiedemann, R.
and
Eisen, O.
(2019):
What lies beneath: A detailed bathymetry of the sea-floor below Ekström Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
,
EGU General Assembly,
Vienna,
7 April 2019 - 12 April 2019
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