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Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM03 - video footage

Entry ID: ASAC_1164_AM03_video

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Summary

Abstract: Amery Ice Shelf AM03 borehole drilled mid-December 2005. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. Sediment sample collected from sea floor. Long term monitoring instruments installed (thermistors in ice, 3 x CTD in ocean cavity).

There are several video files attached to this metadata record, and further details about them are provided in the accompanying readme document.

Related URL

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Description: Request point for the data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -70.56	S: -70.56	E: 70.33	W: 70.33
Min Altitude: 86.0 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Release Date: 2012-07-23

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
ASAC_1164_AM03

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2005-12-13

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Amery Ice Shelf

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH

OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

COMPUTERS

Project

WAISDIVIDE > West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Project

Ancillary Keywords

Siple Dome

Antarctica

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

University of Washington

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

EDWIN D WADDINGTON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 206 543 4585

Fax: 206 543 0489

Email: edw at ess.washington.edu

Contact Address:

University of Washington

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Box 351310

City: Seattle

Province or State: WA

Postal Code: 98195-1310

Country: USA

NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

Publications/References

Pettit, E.C., E.D. Waddington, W.D. Harrison, Throstur Thorsteinsson, D. Elsberg, J. Morack, M.A. Zumberge. "The crossover stress, anisotropy, and the flow law at Siple Dome, West Antarctica," Journal of Glaciology, v.57, 2011, p. 39.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-03-16

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-04

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