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Seismic refraction data from two sites on Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf, Nov 2017, following the calving of Iceberg A68

Seismic refraction data were acquired at two sites on Antarctica''s Larsen C Ice Shelf, in November 2017. The acquisition was performed to measure seismic anisotropy, a proxy for the stress condition, in the ice shelf following the calving of Iceberg A68 in July 2017. 2D seismic profiles were acquired at two sites: S1, close to the new calving front of the ice shelf, and S2, advected downstream from the site surveyed in the NERC funded project NE/E013414/1 (SOLIS). Profiles were rotated about a common midpoint to examine the variation in seismic properties with azimuth. Throughout, 24 geophones were deployed at 10 m offset, with data recorded at a Geometrics GEODE system; data are presented here in SEG-2 format. All acquisitions were performed by Dr Jim White (British Geological Survey) and Emma Pearce (University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment), with support from BAS.

The data is part of the NERC RACE project, NE/R012334/1.

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Alternate title
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01226
Date (Publication)
2020-01-29
Identifier
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01226
Custodian
  British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Originator
  UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation - Booth, A., White, J., Pearce, E., Cornford, S., Brisbourne, A., Luckman, A., & Kulessa, B.
High Cross, Madingley , Cambridge , CB3 0ET , UK
+44 (0)1223 221400
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Keywords
  • NDGO0001
NERC OAI Harvesting
  • NERC_DDC
GCMD Parameter Valids
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Stratigraphy
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Seismology > Seismic Profile
BAS Free-text keywords
  • Larsen
  • anisotropy
  • calving
  • ice shelf
  • seismic refraction
Use limitation
This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
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This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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Begin date
2017-11-22
End date
2017-11-29
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
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Domain consistency

Measure identification
INSPIRE / Conformity_001

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Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement

Data from S2, acquired on 22/11/2017, are generally of good quality, with clear first breaks and visible bed reflections after minimal processing; the reflection from the underlying sea-bed is also typically visible, even in unstacked data. Data are supplied in raw format here, but an Ormsby bandpass filter with corner frequencies at 75-150-300-600 Hz, plus a 100 ms AGC window, provides good improvement to the visibility of arrivals. The good quality of these data is attributed to simple structure at the site, plus calm weather conditions at the time of acquisition (22/11/2017). Note that the time was incorrectly recorded until shot record 150. A 2 hour shift is needed, then a one hour shift after note.

Data from S1 are rather noisier, likely a result of windy weather at the time of acquisition (28/11/2017). The same processing parameters reveal base-ice reflections, but these are typically less coherent than the equivalents at S2. On stacking, base-ice reflections are improved but the data would benefit from ground-roll suppression.

S1 central location: 67.79944383°S, 61.825091°W

S2 central location: 68.00410°S, 62.568916°W

The acquisition is fully documented within the Observer''s Logs which accompany these data.

File identifier
GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01226 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2020-01-29
Metadata standard name
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
Dataset URI
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01226
 
 

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