BGR Volume 04
Bulletin of Glacier Research Publication No.4(March, 1987)
CONTENTS Outline of the Glaciological Research Project in Patagonia, 1985-1986 C. Nakajima................................................1 Summer climate of the Northern Patagonia Icefield J. Inoue, H. Kondo, Y. Fujiyoshi, T. Yamada, H. Fukami and C. Nakajima..................................7 Characteristics of precipitation and vertical structure of air temperature in the northern Patagonia Y. Fujiyoshi, H. Kondo, J. Inoue and T. Yamada............15 Wind regime of San Rafael Glacier, Patagonia J. Inoue..................................................25 Meteorological measurements at Soler Glacier, Patagonia, in 1985 H. Fukami, F. Escobar, J. Quinteros, G. Casassa and R. Naruse..................................31 Ablation of ice and heat balance on Soler Glacier, Patagonia H. Fukami and R. Naruse...................................37 Ice thickness deduced from gravity anomalies on Soler Glacier, Nef Glacier and the Northern Patagonia Icefield G. Casassa................................................43 Glaciological characteristics revealed by 37.6-m deep core drilled at the accumulation area of San Rafael Glacier, the Northern Patagonia Icefield T. Yamada.................................................59 Structual and morphological characteristics of Soler Glacier, Patagonia M. Aniya and R. Naruse....................................69 Characteristics of ice flow of Soler Glacier, Patagonia R. Naruse.................................................79 Ice avalanches on Soler Glacier, Patagonia S. Kobayashi and R. Naruse................................87 Hydrological characteristics of Soler Glacier drainage, Patagonia H. Fukami and F. Escobar..................................91 Cooling of water and the overlying air by melting ice at Lagoon San Rafael in the northern Patagonia Y. Fujiyoshi, C. Nakajima, J. Inoue and I. Nagao..........97 Water depth of Lagoon San Rafael, Patagonia C. Nakajima, J. Inoue, Y. Fujiyoshi and I. Nagao.........103 Moraine formation at Soler Glacier, Patagonia M. Aniya.................................................107 Recent retreat of Soler Glacier, Patagonia as seen from vegetation recovery T. Sweda.................................................119 Dendrochronologies of San Rafael and Soler areas, Patagonia T. Sweda and J. Inoue....................................125 Flow and surface structure of Tyndall Glacier, the Southern Patagonia Icefield R. Naruse, H. Pena, M. Aniya and J. Inoue................133 Aspects of glacial hydrology in Patagonia H. Pena and F. Escobar...................................141 Ice core drilling operations in the Northern Patagonia Icefield T. Yamada, H. Kondo and T. Fukuzawa......................151 Aerial surveys over the Patagonia Icefield M. Aniya.................................................157 Exploration history of the Northern Patagonia Icefield G. Casassa and C. Marangunic.............................163