MeBo70 seabed drilling on a polar continental shelf: operational report and lessons from drilling in the Amundsen Sea embayment of West Antarctica

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Gohl, K., Freudenthal, T., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Klages, J., Larter, R., Bickert, T., Bohaty, S., Ehrmann, W., Esper, O., Frederichs, T., Gebhardt, C., Küssner, K., Kuhn, G., Pälike, H., Ronge, T., Simões Pereira, P., Smith, J., Uenzelmann-neben, G., Van De Flierdt, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Pine Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/416869/

A multibarrel seabed drill rig was used for the first time to drill unconsolidated sediments and consolidated sedimentary rocks from an Antarctic shelf with core recoveries between 7% and 76%. We deployed the MARUM-MeBo70 drill device at nine drill sites in the Amundsen Sea Embayment. Three sites we...