Bulletin of Glaciological Research

Volume 24

January 2007

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

Interannual variation of summertime precipitation over the Qilian Moutains in Northwest China

A. Yatagai

1

Spatial distribution of thermal properties on debris-covered glaciers in the Himalayas derived from ASTER data

R. Suzuki, K. Fujita and Y. Ageta

13

REPORTS

Deposition analysis of non sea-salt sulfate and nitrate along to the northwest winter monsoon in Hokuriku district by a snow boring core and bulk samples

H. Honoki, K. Watanabe, H. Iida, K. Kawada and K. Hayakawa

23

Topographical survey of end moraine and dead ice area at Imja Glacial Lake in 2001 and 2002

A. Sakai, M. Saito, K. Nishimura, T. Yamada, Y. Iizuka, K. Harada, S. Kobayashi,

 K. Fujita and C. B. Gurung

29

Long-range transportation of contaminants from the Asian Continent to The Northern Japan Alps,  recorded in snow cover on Mt. Nishi-Hodaka-Dake

K. Toyama, H. Satake, S. Takashima, T. Matsuda, M. Tsuruta and K. Kawada

37

Recent glacier advances at Glaciar Exploradores, Hielo Patago´nico Norte, Chile

M. Aniya, G. Barcaza and S. Iwasaki

49

Glacier variations of Hielo Patago´nico Norte, Chile, for 1944/45−2004/05

M. Aniya

59

Meteorological observations during 2002−2004 in Lunana region, Bhutan Himalayas

R. Suzuki, K. Fujita, Y. Ageta, N. Naito, Y. Matsuda and Karma

71

The glaciological expedition to Mount Ichinsky, Kamchatka, Russia

S. Matoba, S. V. Ushakov, K. Shimbori, H. Sasaki, T. Yamasaki, A. A. Ovshannikov,

A. G. Manevich, T. M. Zhideleeva, S. Kutuzov, Y. D. Muravyev and T. Shiraiwa

79

Surfacewater-groundwater interaction in the Heihe River basin, Northwestern China

T. Akiyama, A. Sakai, Y. Yamazaki, G. Wang, K. Fujita, M. Nakawo , J. Kubota

andY. Konagaya

87

Glaciological and geomorphological studies at Glaciar Exploradores, Hielo Patago´nico Norte, and Glaciar Perito Moreno, Hielo Patago´nico Sur, South America, during 2003−2005 (GRPP03−05)

M. Aniya, H. Enomoto, T. Aoki, T. Matsumoto, P. Skvarca, G. Barcaza,

R. Suzuki, T. Sawagaki, N. Sato, E. Isenko, S. Iwasaki, H. Sala, A. Fukuda,

K. Satow and R. Naruse

95

Dynamic observations focused on dry avalanche and occurrence conditions of large-scale dry slab surface avalanche

K. Akiyama, T. Takeshi, M. Hanaoka and S. Ikeda

109