Rapid Deployment Seismic Recorders for Interdisciplinary Antarctic Research

We aim to establish an Antarctic-based set of seismic instruments, a mobile facility, to provide data to help predicthow ice sheets will evolve and how the continent under the ice sheets will respond to changes in ice load. Ourapproach to tackling such significant questions is innovative, and makes use of newly available, rapid deploymentinstruments that may be deployed in ice by a small team with light logistics. Outcomes will include maps of subicesediments and 3D images of the deep Earth. The facility will thus enable new knowledge relating to major icesheets. Interdisciplinary use of the research will benefit Australia through an improved ability to plan for future sealevel rise in areas with large coastal populations.