Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica
Abstract To understand the long-term climate and glaciological evolution of the ice sheet in the region bordering the Weddell Sea, the British Antarctic Survey has undertaken a series of successful ice core projects drilling to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and the Fletcher Promontory...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/aog.2021.7 2024-06-16T07:33:31+00:00 Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica Mulvaney, Robert Rix, Julius Polfrey, Scott Grieman, Mackenzie Martìn, Carlos Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph Rowell, Isobel Tuckwell, Rebecca Wolff, Eric 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aog.2021.7 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0260305521000070 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Annals of Glaciology volume 62, issue 85-86, page 311-323 ISSN 0260-3055 1727-5644 journal-article 2021 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2021.7 2024-05-22T12:56:35Z Abstract To understand the long-term climate and glaciological evolution of the ice sheet in the region bordering the Weddell Sea, the British Antarctic Survey has undertaken a series of successful ice core projects drilling to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and the Fletcher Promontory. A new project, WACSWAIN, seeks to increase this knowledge by further drilling to bedrock on two further ice rises in this region. In a single-season project, an ice core was recovered to bedrock at 651 m on Skytrain Ice Rise using an ice core drill in a fluid-filled borehole. In a second season, a rapid access drill was used to recover ice chips to 323 m on Sherman Island in a dry borehole, though failing to reach the bedrock which was at an estimated depth of 428 m. Article in Journal/Newspaper Annals of Glaciology Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Berkner Island British Antarctic Survey ice core Ice Sheet James Ross Island Ross Island Sherman Island Weddell Sea Cambridge University Press Antarctic Berkner Island ENVELOPE(-48.117,-48.117,-79.333,-79.333) Fletcher Promontory ENVELOPE(-80.000,-80.000,-78.416,-78.416) Ross Island Sherman Island ENVELOPE(-100.000,-100.000,-73.050,-73.050) Skytrain Ice Rise ENVELOPE(-78.333,-78.333,-79.583,-79.583) Weddell Weddell Sea Annals of Glaciology 1 13 |
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Abstract To understand the long-term climate and glaciological evolution of the ice sheet in the region bordering the Weddell Sea, the British Antarctic Survey has undertaken a series of successful ice core projects drilling to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and the Fletcher Promontory. A new project, WACSWAIN, seeks to increase this knowledge by further drilling to bedrock on two further ice rises in this region. In a single-season project, an ice core was recovered to bedrock at 651 m on Skytrain Ice Rise using an ice core drill in a fluid-filled borehole. In a second season, a rapid access drill was used to recover ice chips to 323 m on Sherman Island in a dry borehole, though failing to reach the bedrock which was at an estimated depth of 428 m. |
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Mulvaney, Robert Rix, Julius Polfrey, Scott Grieman, Mackenzie Martìn, Carlos Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph Rowell, Isobel Tuckwell, Rebecca Wolff, Eric Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
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Mulvaney, Robert Rix, Julius Polfrey, Scott Grieman, Mackenzie Martìn, Carlos Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph Rowell, Isobel Tuckwell, Rebecca Wolff, Eric |
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Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
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Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
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Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
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Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
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Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
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