Subsurface Assessment at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Affleck,Rosa T, Campbell,Seth, Sinclair,Samantha, Tischbein,Bruce
• Other Authors: ERDC-CRREL Hanover
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; Soil Mechanics; Antarctica; layers; Ground penetrating radar; ice; Permafrost; soils; physical properties; moisture content; Soil surveys; temperature; Excavation; instrumentation; hydrocarbons; contamination; particle size; research facilities; Active layer; Gradation; gpr (Ground penetrating radar); Ice content; McMurdo Station (Antarctica); Soil density; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Subsurface Assessment; epolar (Engineering for Polar Operations Logistics and Research); Austral; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1036414; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD1036414

Installations built on massive ice, permafrost, or seasonal frozen ground require careful design to avoid melting issues. Therefore, efforts to rebuild McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to improve operational efficiency and to consolidate energy resources require knowledge of geology and geotechnical inf...