Bulletin of Glacier Research Publication No.8 (May, 1990)

Contents

Elemental composition, morphology and concentration of particles 
in firn and ice cores from DYE-3, Greenland
        M. Kumai and C. C. Langway, Jr. ....................................  1

Studies of structure, composition and temperature regime of sheet 
glaciers of Svalbard and Severnaya Zemlya : methods and outcomes
        V. Zagorodnov and S. Arkhipov ...................................... 19

Snow surveys on the north facing slope of Lantang Valley, Nepal Himalayas
        T. Ohta, H. Motoyama and H. Iida ................................... 29

SEM observations of microparticles in antarctic ice cores
        A. Higashi, Y. Fujii, S. Takamatsu and R. Watanabe ................. 31

Air temperature and snow depth on Yala Glacier of Lantang Valley, Nepal 
Himalayas
        H. Motoyama, T. Ohta, Y. Endo and H. Iida .......................... 55

The evolution of quaternary glaciers and environmental change in the West 
Kunlun Mountains, Western China
        Zheng B., Jiao K., Ma Q., Li S. and H. Fushimi ..................... 61

Full Year surface meteorological data at northwestern Tibetan Plateau 
using an automatic observation system
        T. Ohata, Kang X. and S. Takahashi  ................................ 73

Preliminary studies on the temperature in the surface layer of Guozha 
Glacier and Chongce Ice Cap in the West Kunlun Mountains, China
        Shao W. and Liu Z. ................................................. 87

Diurnal variation of precipitation in Lantang Valley, Nepal Himalayas
        K. Ueno and T. Yamada .............................................. 93

Outline of the Japanese Arctic Glaciological Expedition in 1989 (JAGE 1989)
        O. Watanabe and Y. Fujii .......................................... 103