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ASAC_1224

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Citation
Curran, M. (2017) Late Holocene precipitation record from Windmill Island lakes, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/ASAC_1224, Accessed: 2026-06-09
Title
Amery shallow ice coring
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2000-08-10
Revision Date
2019-03-19
Parent record
None

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    Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1224
    See the link below for public details on this project.
    ---- Public Summary from Project ----
    Ice core drilling is used to extract information from glacial ice, which aids in the reconstruction of past climatic conditions, and produces proxy records of environmental parameters. The main aim of this project is to produce a record of methanesulphonic acid (MSA) over the last 1-2 decades, and investigate links with biological activity, and with sea-ice extent, in the Prydz Bay region. To achieve this, ice core records will be extracted from the Amery Ice Shelf. This work will also compliment the important Law Dome results by improving spatial coverage of high-resolution climate records and will contribute to the International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE).

    Objectives:

    To obtain ice cores for high-resolution environmental and climatic signals from the Prydz Bay region.

    To produce a record of Methanesulphonic acid (MSA) over the 1-2 last decades, and to investigate teleconnections with indicators of biological activity from the Prydz Bay region, and links with sea-ice extent.

    Other parameters will also be determined (including major trace ions, oxygen isotopes and hydrogen peroxide) to define the dating and assist in interpretation of the MSA record.

    Six shallow cores (~5m) have been collected between 1999 and 2002 (G2, A506, AM1, AM2, AM3, and AM4). Data for two of these cores are currently archived in the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (G2, A506).

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    Quality

    Values provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -68.9
    Southernmost:
    -69

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    71
    Easternmost:
    72.5
    Minimum Depth:
    0 Metres
    Maximum Depth:
    5 Metres

    Data Resolution

    Vertical Resolution:
    5 Metre(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • AMERY
    • ANTARCTICA
    • FIRN CORE
    • OXYGEN ISOTOPES
    • ICE CORE
    • TRACE IONS

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > AMERY ICE SHELF
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • FIELD SURVEYS

    Instruments

    • CORING DEVICES

    Researchers

    • curran, mark (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)

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    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_1224 when using these data.

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