Setting up of a strain grid for measurement of glacier movement, Yamato Mountains, Antarctica, 1975-1976

• Main Authors: Yukio Matsumoto, Masahiro Manabe, Minoru Funaki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1977
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007967; https://doaj.org/article/4f70ea270a554f6bba0e32aa773efb9a

From November 12, 1975 to January 24, 1976 an oversnow traverse to the Yamato Mountains was conducted by a seven-man party of the 16th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition for geological and geomorphological surveys, topographic surveying, search for the Yamato meteorites, and physiological investigation. Furthermore a strain grid was set up around A003 control point near Motoi Nunatak (A001 control point=No. 214) for mechanism of meteorites concentration in the Meteorite Ice Field. A brief description of the traverse and the grid, hexagonal form each side being about 800 m, is given here.