Ice shelf - ocean interaction in the cavity beneath the Amery Ice Shelf
Entry ID: ASAC_1164

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Summary
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Most of the snow falling on inland Antarctica drains via large ice streams and floating ice shelves to the sea where it lost by iceberg calving or as melt beneath the shelves. Ocean interaction beneath the shelves is complicated, and regions of basal refreezing as well as melt occur. These processes are important not only because they are a major component ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: -69.19   S: -70.56   E: 72.64   W: 70.37
Min Depth: 100 M Max Depth: 1350 M

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1994-01-02
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Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC
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Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Distribution
Distribution Media: HTTP
Distribution Format: excel
Fees: free
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: +61 3 6232 3338
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: simon.wright at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
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Publications/References
Marchant H.J., Thomas D.P. (1983), Polylysine as an adhesive for the attachment of nanoplankton to substrates for electron microscopy., Journal of Microscopy, 131, 1, 127-129
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-03-02
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-11-05

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