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Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2001-02 - AM01

Entry ID: ASAC_1164_AM01

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Summary

Abstract: AM01 borehole drilled mid-January 2002.
Profiling measurements conducted over a period of one week.
Long term monitoring instruments installed 2002-01-16.

AM01b borehole drilled mid-December 2003.
Video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos.
Sediment sample collected from sea floor.

Related URL

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -69.44	S: -69.44	E: 71.42	W: 71.42

Min Depth: 65 M,ASL Max Depth: -780 M,ASL

Parent DIF

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ASAC_1164

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2002-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Platform

MOORINGS

Instrument

SEDIMENT TRAPS

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

College of Marine Science, University of South Florida

Data Center URL: http://www.marine.usf.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: FRANK EDGAR MULLER-KARGER Phone: (813) 553-1186 Phone: (813) 553-3335 Fax: (813) 553-1103 Email: carib at seas.marine.usf.edu Contact Address: Department of Marine Science University of South Florida 140 7th Ave. S. City: St. Petersburg Province or State: FL Postal Code: 33701 Country: USA

Publications/References

Thunell, R., R. Varela, M. Llano, J. Collister, F. Muller-Karger, and R. Bohrer. 2000. Organic carbon flux in an anoxic water column: sediment trap results from the Cariaco Basin. Limnology and Oceanography. 45. 300-308. http://www.imars.usf.edu/pubs/Thunell_et_al_2000.pdf

Thunell, R., C. Benitez-Nelson, R. Varela, Y. Astor and F. Müller-Karger. 2007. Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes Along Upwelling-Dominated Continental Margins: Rates and Mechanisms. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 21, GB1022, doi:10.1029/2006GB002793. http://www.imars.usf.edu/pubs/Thunell_et_al_2007.pdf

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-08-23

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-08-23

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