Borehole multi-functional logger for geophysical high-precision monitoring in Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and glaciers

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Aleksey Markov, Pavel Talalay, Mikhail Sysoev, Andrey Miller, Alexander Cherepakhin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: Antarctica; borehole; geophysics; logger; MEMS; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; Greenland; Lake Vostok; Vostok Station; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2021.17; https://doaj.org/article/77d8a998be804202aee7a5646ddc3482

This article presents the main aspects of the design solutions (based on the application of sensors MEMS and cantilevers), testing and applying of the multi-functional borehole logger ANTTIC (Antarctic Thermo-barometer, Inclinometer, Caliper) for geophysical high-precision monitoring (when simultaneous registering of temperature, pressure, axis inclination angle and radii of borehole cross-sections at 12 points), which is designed specifically for ultra-low temperatures and ultra-high pressures, and to determine an elliptical borehole shape and registration anisotropy factor in deep ice boreholes in the central region of Eastern Antarctica, in the areas of dome A at the Kunlun station (China) and/or of lake Vostok at the Vostok station (Russia).