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.
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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
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS Ancillary Description
FIELD INVESTIGATION Ancillary Description
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Note - depths provided in spatial coverage are referenced back to sea level.
The minimum depth asl refers to the height of the ice surface.
Access Constraints Currently only data greater than two years old is publicly available. More data will come on line as further seasonal uploads are conducted.
Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC
Phone: +61 3 6232 3244
Fax: +61 3 6232 3351
Email: metadata at aad.gov.au
Contact Address:
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
City: Kingston
Province or State: Tasmania
Postal Code: 7050
Country: Australia
Personnel
IAN ALLISON
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +61 3 6226 7648
Fax: +61 3 6226 7650
Email: ian.allison 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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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-09
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

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