Deep ice core drilling to 2503m depth at Dome Fuji, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Fujii, Yoshiyuki, Azuma, Nobuhiko, Tanaka, Yoichi, Nakayama, Yoshiki, Kameda, Takao, Shinbori, Kunio, Katagiri, Kazuo, Fujita, Shuji, Takahashi, Akiyoshi, Kawada, Kunio, Motoyama, Hideaki, Narita, Hideki, Kamiyama, Kokichi, Furukawa, Teruo, Takahashi, Shuhei, Shoji, Hitoshi, Enomoto, Hiroyuki, Saitoh, Takeshi, Miyahara, Morihiro, Naruse, Renji, Hondoh, Takeo, Shiraiwa, Takayuki, Yokoyama, Kotaro, Ageta, Yutaka, Saito, Takashi, Watanabe, Okitsugu
• Language: English
• Published: 国立極地研究所 2002
• Subjects: Dome Fuji; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/7192/files/4425.pdf; https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/7192

Deep ice core drilling was carried out at Dome Fuji, Antarctica in 1995 and 1996 from the bottom of the casing installed in 1993 and reached 2503.52m in December 1996. We used a JARE type electromechanical drill with a core barrel of 2.2m length. Total numbers of ice corings and chip collections wer...