Antarctic Landfast Sea Ice: A Review of Its Physics, Biogeochemistry and Ecology

Fraser, Alexander; Wongpan, Pat; J. Langhorne, Patricia; Klekociuk, Andrew; Kusahara, Kazuya; Lannuzel, Delphine; A. Massom, Robert; M Meiners, Klaus; M. Swadling, Kerrie; P. Atwater, D.; Marie Brett, Gemma; Corkill, Matthew; A. Dalman, Laura; Fiddes, Sonya; Granata, Antonia; Guglielmo, Letterio; Heil, Petra; H. Leonard, Greg; R. Mahoney, Andrew; McMinn, Andrew; van der Merwe, Pier; K. Weldrick, Christine; Wienecke, Bárbara

doi:10.1029/2022rg000770

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Antarctic Landfast Sea Ice: A Review of Its Physics, Biogeochemistry and Ecology

Published in Reviews of Geophysics • Jun 1, 2023

Authors:

Alexander Fraser

Pat Wongpan

Patricia J. Langhorne

Abstract

Abstract Antarctic landfast sea ice (fast ice) is stationary sea ice that is attached to the coast, grounded icebergs, ice shelves, or other protrusions on the continental shelf. Fast ice forms in narrow (generally up to 200 km wide) bands, and ranges in thickness from centimeters to tens of meters....

Subject

Sea ice

Cryosphere

Oceanography

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