Metadata details
ASAC_1164_AM02_Drilling
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- Citation
- Allison, I. and Craven, M. (2013) Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2000-01 - AM02 borehole drilling data, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/52772ED3382B4, Accessed: 2026-05-21
- Title
- Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2000-01 - AM02 borehole drilling data
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.4225/15/52772ED3382B4
- Created Date
- 2004-10-12
- Revision Date
- 2019-03-14
- Parent record
- ASAC_1164_AM02
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
AM02 borehole drilled December 2000.
Logging files collected during drilling operations including water pressure, temperature and flow rate, as well as drill speed and depth.
Consult Readme file for detail of data files and formats.
Quality
See Readme file ... data collected as header, data, and calibration files.
Note - depths provided are referenced back to sea level.
The minimum depth of 57 metres asl refers to the height of the ice surface.
Access
These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2000-12-30 - Stop date: 2001-01-01
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
Additional Keywords
- AMERY ICE SHELF
- AMISOR
- HOT WATER DRILL
- OPERATING PARAMETERS
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_AM02_Drilling when using these data.
