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dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Seth W.-
dc.contributor.authorAffleck, Rosa T.-
dc.contributor.authorSinclair, Samantha N.-
dc.creatorCold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)-
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-08T13:33:19Z-
dc.date.available2022-09-08T13:33:19Z-
dc.date.issued2022-09-
dc.identifier.govdocERDC/CRREL MP-22-15-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11681/45320-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45320-
dc.descriptionMiscellaneous Paperen_US
dc.description.abstractInstallations built on ice, permafrost, or seasonal frozen ground require careful design to avoid melting issues. Therefore, efforts to rebuild McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to improve operational efficiency and consolidate energy resources require knowledge of near-surface geology. Both 200 and 400 MHz ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data were collected in McMurdo during January, October, and November of 2015 to detect the active layer, permafrost, excess ice, fill thickness, solid bedrock depth, and buried utilities or construction and waste debris. Our goal was to ultimately improve surficial geology knowledge from a geotechnical perspective. Radar penetration ranged between approximately 3 and 10 m depth for the 400 and 200 MHz antennas, respectively. Both antennas successfully detect buried utilities and near-surface stratified material to ~0.5–3.0 m whereas 200 MHz profiles were more useful for mapping deeper stratified and un-stratified fill over bedrock. Artificially generated excess ice which appears to have been created from runoff, water pooling and refreezing, aspect shading from buildings, and snowpack buried under fill, are prevalent. Results show that McMurdo Station has a complex myriad of ice-rich fill, scoria, fractured volcanic bedrock, permafrost, excess ice, and buried anthropogenically generated debris, each of which must be considered during future construction.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.). Office of Polar Programs.en_US
dc.format.extent17 pages / 4.1 MB-
dc.format.mediumPDF/A-
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEngineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMiscellaneous Paper (Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)) ; no. ERDC/CRREL MP-22-15-
dc.relation.isversionofCampbell, Seth, Rosa T. Affleck, and Samantha Sinclair. "Ground-penetrating radar studies of permafrost, periglacial, and near-surface geology at McMurdo Station, Antarctica." Cold Regions Science and Technology 148 (2018): 38-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2017.12.008-
dc.rightsApproved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited-
dc.sourceThis Digital Resource was created in Microsoft Word and Adobe-
dc.subjectGround-penetrating radaren_US
dc.subjectExcess iceen_US
dc.subjectPermafrosten_US
dc.subjectIce-rich fillen_US
dc.subjectFractured volcanic bedrocken_US
dc.titleGround-penetrating radar studies of permafrost, periglacial, and near-surface geology at McMurdo Station, Antarcticaen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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