Downhole Measurements in the AND-1B Borehole, ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, Antarctica

Comprehensive downhole and core physical-property measurements at the AND-1B Drillsite, ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project

As part of the ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS) Project two comprehensive sets of geophysical data were collected on ice at the AND-1B drillsite. Whole-core physical properties were determined with high vertical resolution to a depth of 1285 mbsf. A multi-sensor-core-logger was used to determine bulk density, sonic velocity, magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity. After drilling, a s...

Heat Flow and Hydrologic Characteristics at the AND-1B borehole, ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, Antarctica

The Antarctic Drilling Program (ANDRILL) successfully drilled and cored a borehole, AND-1B, beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf and into a fl exural moat basin that surrounds Ross Island. Total drilling depth reached 1285 m below seafl oor (mbsf) with 98 percent core recovery for the detailed study of glacier dynamics. With the goal of obtaining complementary information regarding heat fl ow and perm...

Background to the ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project (Antarctica) and Initial Science Volume

Geochemical variations detected with continuous XRF measurements on ANDRILL AND-1B core - preliminary results

Antarctica and especially its ice sheets play a major role in both the global ocean current system and climate. The ANDRILL (Antarctic Geological Drilling) MIS deep drilling project (McMurdo Sound, NE Ross Ice Shelf, drilled core AND-1B during austral summer 2006/2007) is located in a flexural moat basin filled with glaciomarine, terrigenous, volcanic, and biogenic sediments (Horgan et al., 200...

Clast provenance and variability in MIS (AND-1B) core and their implications for the paleoclimatic evolution recorded in the Windless Bight - southern McMurdo Sound area (Antarctica)

Talarico, F. and ANDRILL-MIS Science Team, "Clast provenance and variability in MIS (AND-1B) core and their implications for the paleoclimatic evolution recorded in the Windless Bight-southern McMurdo Sound area (Antarctica)" (2007). ANDRILL Research and Publications. Paper 2. Summary Granule-to cobble-grade clasts in the uppermost 575 m of the MIS drill-core (AND-1B) highlight significant down...