A deep cyclonic gyre in the Australian–Antarctic Basin

MS McCartney, KA Donohue - Progress in Oceanography, 2007 - Elsevier
The traditional image of ocean circulation between Australia and Antarctica is of a dominant
belt of eastward flow, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with comparatively weak adjacent …

Melting of ice shelves and the mass balance of Antarctica

SS Jacobs, HH Helmer, CSM Doake, A Jenkins… - Journal of …, 1992 - cambridge.org
We calculate the present ice budget for Antarctica from measurements of accumulation
minus iceberg calving, run-off and in situ melting beneath the floating ice shelves. The …

The suppression of Antarctic bottom water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay

GD Williams, L Herraiz-Borreguero, F Roquet… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
A fourth production region for the globally important Antarctic bottom water has been
attributed to dense shelf water formation in the Cape Darnley Polynya, adjoining Prydz Bay …

Origin and Evolution of Water Masses Near the Antarctic continental Margin: Evidence from H218O/H216O Ratios in Seawater

SS Jacobs, RG Fairbanks… - Oceanology of the Antarctic …, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
We use measurements of the temperature, salinity and oxygen isotope content of seawater
in the Ross Sea and beneath the Ross Ice Shelf to define water types and differentiate …

Deglacial environments in eastern Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

L Barbara, X Crosta, G Massé, O Ther - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
A high-resolution continuous record of diatom census counts and diatom specific biomarkers
in sediment core NBP0101-JPC24 allows assessment of oceanographic and environmental …

Sedimentological evidence for the formation of an East Antarctic ice sheet in Eocene/Oligocene time

WU Ehrmann, A Mackensen - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 1992 - Elsevier
Abstract Middle Eocene to late Oligocene sediments recovered at Ocean Drilling Program
Sites 689 and 690 on Maud Rise in the southernmost Atlantic Ocean and at Sites 738 and …

Pelagic ciliate (Ciliophora) communities in the Southern Ocean: bioindicator to water mass, habitat suitability classification and potential response to global warming

C Wang, X Wang, Y Wei, G Guo, H Li, A Wan… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the pelagic ciliate (microzooplankton) play important role in carbon flux of marine
ecosystems, their ecological function, habitat suitability classification and response to global …

Description of a hybrid ice sheet-shelf model, and application to Antarctica

D Pollard, RM DeConto - Geoscientific Model Development, 2012 - gmd.copernicus.org
The formulation of a 3-D ice sheet-shelf model is described. The model is designed for long-
term continental-scale applications, and has been used mostly in paleoclimatic studies. It …

Physical oceanography of the Prydz Bay region of Antarctic waters

RAN Vaz, GW Lennon - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 1996 - Elsevier
Hydrographic data from four major Australian cruises to the Prydz Bay region are interpreted
to show features of the large-scale circulation that remain consistent across a number of …

Warm surface waters increase Antarctic ice shelf melt and delay dense water formation

S Aoki, T Takahashi, K Yamazaki, D Hirano… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Melting ice shelves around Antarctica control the massive input of freshwater into the ocean
and play an intricate role in global heat redistribution. The Amery Ice Shelf regulates …