Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2009-11 - AM05

• Other Authors: ALLISON, IAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), CRAVEN, MIKE (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; oceans; WATER DEPTH; EARTH SCIENCE; BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENTS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SALINITY/DENSITY; ICE CORE RECORDS; PALEOCLIMATE; BATHYMETRY; GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS; CRYOSPHERE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS; GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION; GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION; BOREHOLES; OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS; GLACIAL PROCESSES; LAND SURFACE; GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES; GLACIAL LANDFORMS; SOLID EARTH; Amery Ice Shelf; AMISOR; Amery Ice Shelf Ocean Research; CORING DEVICES; CTD > Conductivity; Temperature; Depth; CURRENT METERS; NISKIN BOTTLES; SEDIMENT CORERS; MOORINGS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Amery; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/amery-ice-shelf-11-am05/699530; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1164_AM05; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

Amery Ice Shelf AM05 borehole drilled mid-December 2009. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. Collection of targeted ice core samples. Sediment sample collected from sea floor. Long term monitoring instruments installed (thermistors in ice, 3 x CTD in ocean cavity). This is a parent record - see the child records for further information. Some general readme documents are available for download from the provided URL.