Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings
Accumulations of sediment beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet contain a range of physical and chemical proxies with the potential to document changes in ice sheet history and to identify and characterize life in subglacial settings. Retrieving subglacial sediments and sediment cores presents several uni...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:385278 2023-07-30T03:58:39+02:00 Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings Hodgson, Dominic A. Bentley, Michael J. Smith, James A. Klepacki, Julian Makinson, Keith Smith, Andrew M. Saw, Kevin Scherer, Reed Powell, Ross Tulaczyk, Slawek Rose, Mike Pearce, David Mowlem, Matt Keen, Peter Siegert, Martin J. 2016-01-28 text https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385278/ https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385278/1/RSTA20150056p%25283%2529.pdf en English eng https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385278/1/RSTA20150056p%25283%2529.pdf Hodgson, Dominic A., Bentley, Michael J., Smith, James A., Klepacki, Julian, Makinson, Keith, Smith, Andrew M., Saw, Kevin, Scherer, Reed, Powell, Ross, Tulaczyk, Slawek, Rose, Mike, Pearce, David, Mowlem, Matt, Keen, Peter and Siegert, Martin J. (2016) Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2059), 20150056. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2015.0056 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0056>). Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0056 2023-07-09T22:03:32Z Accumulations of sediment beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet contain a range of physical and chemical proxies with the potential to document changes in ice sheet history and to identify and characterize life in subglacial settings. Retrieving subglacial sediments and sediment cores presents several unique challenges to existing technologies. This paper briefly reviews the history of sediment sampling in subglacial environments. It then outlines some of the technological challenges and constraints in developing the corers being used in sub-ice shelf settings (e.g. George VI Ice Shelf and Larsen Ice Shelf), under ice streams (e.g. Rutford Ice Stream), at or close to the grounding line (e.g. Whillans Ice Stream) and in subglacial lakes deep under the ice sheet (e.g. Lake Ellsworth). The key features of the corers designed to operate in each of these subglacial settings are described and illustrated together with comments on their deployment procedures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic George VI Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Rutford Ice Stream Whillans Ice Stream University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Antarctic George VI Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-67.840,-67.840,-71.692,-71.692) Larsen Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-62.500,-62.500,-67.500,-67.500) Rutford ENVELOPE(-85.300,-85.300,-78.600,-78.600) Rutford Ice Stream ENVELOPE(-80.000,-80.000,-79.167,-79.167) The Antarctic Whillans ENVELOPE(-64.250,-64.250,-84.450,-84.450) Whillans Ice Stream ENVELOPE(-145.000,-145.000,-83.667,-83.667) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 374 2059 20150056 |
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Accumulations of sediment beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet contain a range of physical and chemical proxies with the potential to document changes in ice sheet history and to identify and characterize life in subglacial settings. Retrieving subglacial sediments and sediment cores presents several unique challenges to existing technologies. This paper briefly reviews the history of sediment sampling in subglacial environments. It then outlines some of the technological challenges and constraints in developing the corers being used in sub-ice shelf settings (e.g. George VI Ice Shelf and Larsen Ice Shelf), under ice streams (e.g. Rutford Ice Stream), at or close to the grounding line (e.g. Whillans Ice Stream) and in subglacial lakes deep under the ice sheet (e.g. Lake Ellsworth). The key features of the corers designed to operate in each of these subglacial settings are described and illustrated together with comments on their deployment procedures. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Hodgson, Dominic A. Bentley, Michael J. Smith, James A. Klepacki, Julian Makinson, Keith Smith, Andrew M. Saw, Kevin Scherer, Reed Powell, Ross Tulaczyk, Slawek Rose, Mike Pearce, David Mowlem, Matt Keen, Peter Siegert, Martin J. |
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Hodgson, Dominic A. Bentley, Michael J. Smith, James A. Klepacki, Julian Makinson, Keith Smith, Andrew M. Saw, Kevin Scherer, Reed Powell, Ross Tulaczyk, Slawek Rose, Mike Pearce, David Mowlem, Matt Keen, Peter Siegert, Martin J. Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings |
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Hodgson, Dominic A. Bentley, Michael J. Smith, James A. Klepacki, Julian Makinson, Keith Smith, Andrew M. Saw, Kevin Scherer, Reed Powell, Ross Tulaczyk, Slawek Rose, Mike Pearce, David Mowlem, Matt Keen, Peter Siegert, Martin J. |
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Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings |
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Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings |
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Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings |
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Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings |
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Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings |
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technologies for retrieving sediment cores in antarctic subglacial settings |
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https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385278/ https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385278/1/RSTA20150056p%25283%2529.pdf |
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ENVELOPE(-67.840,-67.840,-71.692,-71.692) ENVELOPE(-62.500,-62.500,-67.500,-67.500) ENVELOPE(-85.300,-85.300,-78.600,-78.600) ENVELOPE(-80.000,-80.000,-79.167,-79.167) ENVELOPE(-64.250,-64.250,-84.450,-84.450) ENVELOPE(-145.000,-145.000,-83.667,-83.667) |
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Antarctic George VI Ice Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Rutford Rutford Ice Stream The Antarctic Whillans Whillans Ice Stream |
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Antarctic George VI Ice Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Rutford Rutford Ice Stream The Antarctic Whillans Whillans Ice Stream |
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Antarc* Antarctic George VI Ice Shelf Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Larsen Ice Shelf Rutford Ice Stream Whillans Ice Stream |
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https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385278/1/RSTA20150056p%25283%2529.pdf Hodgson, Dominic A., Bentley, Michael J., Smith, James A., Klepacki, Julian, Makinson, Keith, Smith, Andrew M., Saw, Kevin, Scherer, Reed, Powell, Ross, Tulaczyk, Slawek, Rose, Mike, Pearce, David, Mowlem, Matt, Keen, Peter and Siegert, Martin J. (2016) Technologies for retrieving sediment cores in Antarctic subglacial settings. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2059), 20150056. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2015.0056 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2015.0056>). |
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