Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2009-11 - AM05

Amery Ice Shelf AM05 borehole drilled mid-December 2009. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. Collection of targeted ice core samples. Sediment sample collected from sea floor. Long term monitoring instruments installed (thermistors in ice, 3 x CTD in ocean cavity).

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Temporal extent2009-12-19 – ongoing
Date (publication)2013-11-11
Statuscompleted
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseThis metadata record is publicly available.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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