Investigations of the Thermometry, Seismicity, Pyroclastic Rocks, and Geochemistry of Fumarolic Gases and Water, Deception Island, Antartica

AFI 01/05_02 - Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: Hot-water drilling and down-hole instrumentation - Drill monitoring data, 2004/06

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Title: AFI 01/05_02 - Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: Hot-water drilling and down-hole instrumentation - Drill monitoring data, 2004/06

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Abstract:: Digital time series data collected for monitoring of drilling during the RABID Project. Water temperature, pressure, flow. Drill depth and hose tension. Instrumentation: SENSORS Flow meter - Kobold Instruments Ltd, L25 axial turbine flow meter. Water pressure - Omega Engineering Ltd, PX222-250GV pressure transducer Water level - GEMS 4000KGB100M2KJ Range 0-10bG immersible pressure transducer Water temperate - Omega Engineering Ltd, K2017 PT100 ceramic element thermometer Hose tension(Load Cell) - Omega Engineering Ltd, LCCB-2K load cell Hose speed and depth - Red Lion, rotary pulse generator LSQS0200 Additional water temperature - FishTag and TinyTalk data loggers
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Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Aðalgeirsdóttir G., Murray T., Smith A., Nicholls K., Makinson K., King M., Behar A. 2005. Tidal Modulation of the Flow of Rutford Ice. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 86, No. 52, C43A-05. Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Smith, A.M., Murray, T., King, M.A., Makinson, K., Nicholls, K.W. & Behar, A.E., 2008. Tidal influence on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: observations of surface flow and basal processes from closely spaced GPS and passive seismic stations. J. Glaciol. 54, 715-724. Barrett, B.E, Nicholls, K.W., Murray, T., Smith, A.M., & Vaughan, D.G., 2009. Recent rapid warming on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica from borehole thermometry Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L02708 Makinson, K., 2003. Future hot-water drilling on Rutford Ice Stream, 2004-05. In Smedsrud, L., ed., Forum for Research in Ice Shelf Processes, FRISP Report No. 14, 1-4, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen. Murray, T., Smith, A.M., King, M.A. & G.P. Weedon, 2007. Ice flow modulated by tides at up to annual periods at Rutford ice Stream, West Antarctica Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L18503. Murray, T., Corr. H., Forieri, A, & Smith, A.M., 2008. Contrasts in hydrology between regions of basal deformation and sliding beneath Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, mapped using radar and seismic data Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L12504. Smith, A.M., 2005. RABID: Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: Hot-water drilling and down-hole instrumentation. British Antarctic Survey Field Report, R/2004/S3. (http://ralph.swan.ac.uk/glaciology/projects/rabid/rabid_field_report2006.pdf) Smith A.M., Murray T., Nicholls K.W., Makinson K., Aðalgeirsdóttir G., Behar A. 2005. Rapid sediment erosion and drumlin formation observed beneath a fast-flowing Antarctic ice stream. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., 86, No. 52, C13A-04. Smith A.M., Murray T., Nicholls K.W., Makinson K., Aðalgeirsdóttir G., Behar A. 2005. Rapid erosion and deposition of sediment, and water redistribution beneath Rutford ice Stream. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative Annual Workshop, 12, 1. Smith, A.M., Murray, T., Nicholls, K.W., Makinson, K., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Behar, A.E. & D.G. Vaughan, D.G., 2007. Rapid erosion, drumlin formation and changing hydrology beneath an Antarctic ice stream Geology 35, 127-130. Smith, A.M. & Murray, T., in press. Bedform topography and basal conditions beneath a fast-flowing West Antarctic ice stream. Quat. Sci. Rev.

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE MOTION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION
Theme_Keyword: Rutford Ice Stream
Theme_Keyword: West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Theme_Keyword: Water Level Monitoring
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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > RUTFORD ICE STREAM
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Metadata_Review_Date: 20100427

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