Ice stalactite
An ice stalactite , also known as a brine icicle or ice finger , is formed under sea ice when very cold, salty water meets fresh water . It's the underwater equivalent of icicles or stalactites .
In 1974 the phenomenon was described by the oceanographer Seelye Martin. In 2011 the formation of an ice stalactite was captured on film for the first time and published in Icy Worlds .
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- ↑ Can icicles grow underwater? ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , National Geographic Germany, article from October 25, 2012
- ↑ What's the German word for 'brinicle'? , German Stackexchange, dakab, accessed on February 2, 2016
- ^ How Eerie Seas Ice 'Brinicles' Form , Live Science, Douglas Main, April 26, 2013
- ↑ Deadly "ice finger" reaches the sea floor , Der Standard (Austria), November 23, 2011, 4:20 pm
- ↑ , Brinicle 'ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic , ifnm, articles from February 1, 2016
- ↑ , Brinicle 'ice finger of death filmed in Antarctic , BBC, 23 2011
- ^ Seelye Martin: Ice stalactites: comparison of a laminar flow theory with experiment . In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics . 63, No. 1, August 1974, pp. 51-79. doi : 10.1017 / S0022112074001017 .
- ↑ Kathryn Jeffs: Anatomy of a shoot: Filming frozen planet's brinicle . In: BBC , December 28, 2011.