Experimental results on improved JARE deep ice core drill-Experiments in Rikubetsu, Hokkaido in 2002 -

• Main Authors: Takao Kameda, Yoshiyuki Fujii, Akiyoshi Takahashi, Yoichi Tanaka, Hideki Narita, Kunio Shinbori, Nobuhiko Azuma, Teruo Furukawa, Takayasu Yoshimoto, Morihiro Miyahara, Makato Igarashi, Mika Kohno, Sumito Matoba, Yoko Toyama, Kazuhide Satow, Shuhei Takahashi, Okitsugu Watanabe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2002
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Dome Fuji; Dome Fuji Station; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009230; https://doaj.org/article/0e5f423445cf4266ae95b8c70f080f82

Deep ice coring to bedrock (3028m in depth) at Dome Fuji Station is planned during three successive summer seasons starting from 2003/2004. An improved JARE deep ice core drill (12.2m in length and 3.8m in maximum core length) was developed in December 2001 for the ice coring at Dome Fuji. In Januar...