Metadata details
ASAC_1164_AM01_caliper
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- Citation
- Allison, I. and Craven, M. (2013) Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2001-02 - AM01 caliper data, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/527096836102B, Accessed: 2026-05-21
- Title
- Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2001-02 - AM01 caliper data
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/527096836102B
- Created Date
- 2000-08-09
- Revision Date
- 2019-03-13
- Parent record
- ASAC_1164_AM01
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
AM01 borehole drilled January 2002.
Profiling measurements conducted to test borehole diameter integrity.
AM01b borehole drilled mid-December 2003.
No new caliper data collected due to faulty wiring on instrument winch slip ring.
Quality
See Readme file ... data collected as header, depth (m), diameter (cm)
Borehole diameter greatly enlarged at two depths: (a) 60 m at level of sub-surface water well and (b) 376 m where hydraulic connection was first made with ocean cavity beneath shelf (probably through englacial conduits in marine ice layer.
Note - depths provided in spatial coverage are referenced back to sea level.
The minimum depth of 65 metres asl refers to the height of the ice surface.
Access
The data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2002-01-09 - Stop date: 2002-01-10
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT COMPOSITION
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENTATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY
Additional Keywords
- AMERY ICE SHELF
- AMISOR
- BOREHOLE DIAMETER
- HOT WATER DRILL
Locations
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
- CORING DEVICES
Researchers
- allison, ian (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- craven, mike (TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1164_AM01_caliper when using these data.
