BGR Volume 13

Bulletin of Glacier Research Publication No.13(March, 1995)

Contents

Synopsis of glacier researches in Patagonia, 1993
        R. Naruse and M. Aniya ..........................................  1

Recent thinning, retreat and flow of Upsala Glacier, Patagonia
        P. Skvarca, K. Satow, R. Naruse and J. Leiva..................... 11

Thickness change and short-term flow variation of Moreno Glacier, Patagonia
        R. Naruse, P. Skvarca, K. Satow, Y. Takeuchi and K. Nishida ..... 21

Thickness change and flow of Tyndall Glacier, Patagonia
        K. Nishida, K. Satow, M. Aniya, G. Casassa and T. Kadota ........ 29

Meteorological features at Moreno and Tyndall glaciers, Patagonia, 
in the summer 1993/94
        Y. Takeuchi, K. Satow, R. Naruse, T. Ibarzabal,
        K. Nishida and K. Matsuoka ...................................... 35

Characteristics of heat balance and ablation on Moreno and Tyndall 
glaciers, Patagonia, in the summer 1993/94
        Y. Takeuchi, R. Naruse and K. Satow ............................. 45

Chemical features of the precipitation in summer at Tyndall Glacier, 
Patagonia
        K. Satow ........................................................ 57

Sinking of stones on glacier surface during the melting season
        K. Matsuoka, K. Nishida and Y. Takeuchi ......................... 63

Morphology of Ameghino Glacier and landforms of Ameghino Valley, 
southern Patagonia
        M. Aniya and H. Sato ............................................ 69

Holocene glacial chronology of Upsala Glacier at Peninsula Herminita, 
Southern Patagonia Icefield 
        M. Aniya and H. Sato ............................................ 83

Holocene glacier variations at Tyndall Glacier area, southern Patagonia
        M. Aniya and H. Sato ............................................ 97

Glacier variations in the Northern Patagonia Icefield between 1990/91 
and 1993/94
        Y. Wada and M. Aniya ........................................... 111

A preliminary study of sediment cores from Lago Argentino and 
fluctuations of Moreno Glacier, Patagonia
        R. A. del Valle, P. Skvarca, M. V. Mancini and J. Lusky.......... 121

Recent climatic changes in western Patagonia
        B. Rosenbluth, G. Casassa and H. Fuenzalida .................... 127

Vertical distribution of 210Pb in the Arctic glacier, Snofjellafonna, 
in northwestern Spitsbergen
        T. Suzuki, K. Ohta and O. Watanabe ............................. 133