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Citation
Allison, I. and Craven, M. (2013) Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 caliper data, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/528062733139F, Accessed: 2026-05-21
Title
Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 caliper data
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/528062733139F
Created Date
2008-06-25
Revision Date
2019-03-14
Expected Date of Data Release
2013-11-11
Data Version
1
Parent record
ASAC_1164_AM04

Description

AM04 borehole drilled January 2006.
Profiling measurements conducted to test borehole diameter integrity.

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Quality

See Readme file ... data collected as header, depth (m), diameter (cm)

Borehole diameter was attempted to be wide enough to allow passage of a large ADCP instrument ... this worked well in the upper parts of the borehole but not at great depth in the permeable marine ice layer (530-600 m).

Note - depths and altitudes provided in spatial coverage are referenced back to sea level.

The minimum depth asl refers to the height of the ice surface.

Access

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

Temporal Coverages

Spatial Coverages

Science Keywords

Additional Keywords

  • BOREHOLE DIAMETER
  • HOT WATER DRILL
  • AMISOR
  • AMERY ICE SHELF

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_AM04_caliper when using these data.

Project

    ISO Topic

    • ELEVATION
    • GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
    • OCEANS
    • INLAND WATERS

    Dataset Language

    • English

    Orignating Centre

    • Australian Antarctic Division

    Dataset Progress

    • COMPLETE

    IDN Node

    • AMD/AU
    • CEOS
    • AMD
    • ACE/CRC

    Metadata Revision History

      2008-06-26 - record created by Mike Craven. 2008-07-25 - record updated by Dave Connell - link to data added. 2013-11-11 - record updated by Dave Connell to add a dataset DOI. 2015-03-13 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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