完新世の氷河変動とその機構

BuiietinofGlaciologicalResear(:h18(2001)7f州プ署
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⑥JapaneseSocietyofSnowan8Ice
OverviewofglaciologicalresearchprojectinPatagoniain1998and1999:Holoceneglaciervariationsand
their mechanisms
Masamu Aniya and RenjiNaruse−
1InstituteofGeoscience,Ur]iversityofTsukuba,Ibaraki305T8571Japan
2‡ns琉uteofLovTe三nperatureScie三ICe,Hokkaidoぴniversity,SapporoO60−0819Japan
(ReceivedNoveml)er6,2000;Re扇sedmanuscriptreceivedDecember13,2000)
Abstract
ThePatagonia‡cefield(Hie王osPatag6nicos)comprisesHieloPatag蝕icoNorte(HPN)andHieまoPatag8nico
SurくHPS)andistわeまargesttemperateicet〉Odyint壬IeSout壬iernHemispberewitb偽ecomb主nedareaoflア,200kmZ,
GlaciologicalresearchprojectinPatagoniawascarriedoutin1998and1999,withthetwomainobjectives;(1)to
elucidatetheHoloceneglaciervariationsofHPN,and(2)todrillintheaccumulationareaofGlaciarTyndallof
HPS.Theotberresearcbtopicsincluded;(1)giacioiogical,meteOrOlogicalandbydroiogicalreslユⅣeySatGiaciar
Soler of HPN,(2)study ofsnow/icebiology(insects and algae)at Glaciar Tyndallof HPS,く3)ice calvimg
observationandmeasurementsofGiaciarPeritoMorenoofHPS,(4)bathymetricsurveyofBrazoUpsalaofLago
Årgenti壬10in抒PS,and痔)aeria王surveyofGlac主arSoierandHPNoutietglaciers.TilebackgroundoftileprOject
ispresented,andfieldworkandsomeofthemajorresultsaredescribed,
1.lntroduction
Å鮎r five years ofわiatus since1993,Glaciological
ResearchProjectinPatagonia(GRPP)wasresumedfor1998
and1999withthetwomainobjectives;
(1)to e王uciぬteぬe‡iolocene glacier variations of Hielo
Patag8nicoNorte(HPN),and(2)todrillirltheaccumulation
areaofGlaciarTyⅥda1lofHieioPatag8nicoSurくHPS)in
ordertoestimatetheannualaccumulationrateaswellasto
CarryOutChemicalanalysesoficecoresamplesfordetecting
enviro‡1mentalcbarlgeS.
Tbe o払er re$earC壬ItOpicsinci㍑ded;(1)giaciological,
meteorologlCalandhydroiogicalresurveysatGlaciarSoler
OfHPN,(2)sとudyofsnow/icebiologアミ如SeCtandaigae)at
Glaciar Tyndallof HPS,(3)ice calving observation and
measurements ofGlaciar Perito Moreno of HPS,(4)bath・
ymetricsurveyofBraz8UpsalaofLagoArgentinoinHPS,
and(5)aerialsurveyofGlaciarSoierandotltletglaciersof
Hl)N.
TbePatagoniaIcefie王d(HielosPatagさnまcos)islocated
betweenlatitudesof46O30′Sand5lO30′Salonglongitudeof
73O30′W.It stretches nearly500km northwsouth,with the
Width varyingなom8k汀蔓tO45krn.‡t comprises Hielo
Patag8nicoNorte(orNorthernPatagoniaIcefield)withan
area of4200km2(ぎig.1)and Hieio Patag如ico Sl汀(or
Sout壬IemPatagonia‡ce茄e王d)withanareaof13,000km2(Fig.
2).Togethertheycomprisethelargesttemperateicebodyin
thcSouthernHemispherewherelandmassisscarce;thlユSthe
locationof払ePatagoniaIcefieldisverylmpOrtanttOeまuci−
date払eglobalpict11reOftbeenvironmentalchanges.The
Patagoniarlgiaciersarecbaracterizedbylargeamounts()f
acctlmlユ1ationandabiation.Infact,theannualaccumulation
is estimated to be around10,000mm on theicefield from
hy(まrologicaldata(Escobargf超ぇ′1992).
Fig.1.LarldsatMSSmosaicofHieloPatag6nicoNorte(Feb.
9,1987).Tbeoriginalisacolorcompositeimage、TbeⅥ7bite
areainthecenとeristbeicef重eld.
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Fig.3,MapshowingthevicinityofthevalleyofRioSolerand
Glaciar Soler,HPN.
andemptiesintoLagoPlomo(elevationabout200ma.s.1.),
Whichis separated by terminalmoraines from Lago Ber−
trand(Fig.3).Itsheadislocatedneartheaccumulationarea
ofGlaciar Nef atthe elevation ofaround1300m.AboutlO
kmfromthemouth,Rfo Cacho,thebiggesttributary,joins
from the north,draining Glaciar Soler,Laguna Soler
(Glaciar Cacho and an unnamedglacier)and an unnamed
glacier.Anothermajor tributary301nlngfromthe northis
R了o Turbio(localname).One ofthetwo moraine−dammed
sourcelakes,Laguna delCo.Largo,Outburstin1989(or
1987),Whichwasprobablycausedbyiceavalanche(s)from
the southern flank of Co.Largo,CauSing a catastrophic
debris flowin R了o Turbio and floodin R‡o Soler.The
upstreamofthemainstreamfromthisconfluenceiscalled
Rio Romerobylocalpeople.Asmalltributary,draininga
SmallmarginallakeofGlaciarNef,joinsfromthesouthR子o
Romero.
Fig.2.LandsatTMmosaicofHieloPatag6nicoSur(Jan.14,
1986).The originalis a color compositeimage.Thelight
gray areain the centeris theicefield.White specs are
clouds.
In this valley,1andforms,in particularidentifying
moraines,Wereinvestigated,COllecting14Cdatingmaterials
inordertoelucidatetheHoloceneglacialchronology.
ユ」.(ご/(/l、山J■7こ川‘山//り∫軌り
Thisglacierislocated nearthesouthernend of HPS,
withanareaof339km2,alengthof32km,andAARofO.64
2.Studysites
(Naruse et al.,1987).It had been steadily retreating since
1944until1986(Aniya et al.,1997),however,itretreateda
maximumofl.6kmbetween1986and1994,losinganareaof
2.了.C血c由γ50Jβγロ9殉
GlaciarSoler(Fig,3)isasmallglacierlocated onthe 4A7km2(Aniya etal.,2000).GRPPwascarriedoutherein
1985,1990and1993,focusingprimarilyonmeasuringsurface
eastsideofHPN,Withanareaof51km2,alengthof16.6km,
profiles(Naruseetal.,1987;Kadota etalリ1992;Nishidaet
andanaccumulationarearatio(AAR)ofO.71(Aniya,1988).
Theablationareabelowabigicefall(700mhigh)fromthe al.,1995).Theglacierthicknesswasalsomeasuredwithan
iceradar,forthefirsttimeinPatagonia,reVealingthat a
icefieldhasbeensubjectedtoextensiveglaciologlCalstudies
duringthe1980sbyGRPP.Theglacierthicknesswasesti− maximumismorethan600m thick(Casassa,1992).Since
mated to be200−600m by the gravity anomaly method
accesstothisglacierfromthePaineNationalPark Head−
andcalvingcommenced,althoughitdoesnotappearactive
yet.Icesupplyfromtheicefieldhasconsiderablydiminished
during thelast15years or so,from observation of the
exposed bedrockin the bigicefall.In1998 the same
glaciologicalandmeteorologicalmeasurementswerecarried
Outinordertocomparewiththoseoftheearlierones.
glacierischosenforadrillingsite.
(Casassa,1987).Aproglaciallakewasformed around1990,quartersis relatively easy,the accumulation area of this
2.2.乃β〃αJ桓げ月わSoおγ〃淵ノ
R子oSolerflowsalmostwesteaSt,isroughly30kmlong
2.4.G血c由γfセわわ肋柁乃0〃99勤
Thisglacieriscommonlycalledjust“GlaciarMoreno”,
andhasanareaof257km2withalengthof30km.AARis
O.73,andthehypsometryofthedrainageareasuggeststhat
the glacieris not susceptible to ELA(Equilibrium Line
Altitude)shift(AniyaandSkvarca,1992)・Thisglacierisone
ofthetwoglaciersinHPSwhichhavenotretreatedduring
Arl邑yaandNaruse
こブ
払e】asと50years,tbeotberbei罰gP富0ⅩⅠ,theiargesもgiacier
inSoutbAmerica.Thi$glacieriswelトknownforrepeated
dammingofBrazoRicobyreacbing洩eoppositebankoftbe
lake.Since1947,tbe snotlt OSCiiまated and漁e giacier was
profiまeandobtainedatbinni喝OfaboutlOmintwoyearsat
thelower reach of the giacier.Casassa(1987)estimated
洩icknessof怯eglacierwitbgravityanomaユymeasure‡nentS,
a‡ldusingぬesurねceprof主Ieheinferred洩ebedrockpro嘉1e.
Naruse g言戊£ブ199乳Since acce∬も0払is giacierまs easy,
StruCture,fまowdata,andsurねce andbedrock topograpby
were discussed(Aniya et ai”1988).Åt Glaciar Soler,ice
avalaれChesfromCo.Hyades(3087m)wererecordedlユSinga
time箋apse8mmfilmc呈まmera(Kobaya洩ia‡ldNaruse,1987)◆
Hvdrology was aiso王neaSured to di$Cu∬tbe relationship
w主th meteorology andglacier鮎w(Saito and Kobayaぬi,
1985;FⅥkamiandEscobar,ヱ987;Naru$eβg或1992).
In1985,tbe頁rstdrilli喝WaSaCCOmplisbedinPatagonia
at the accumulation area of Glaciar San Rafaelァwhich
stiCCeeded to bo王・e34m8eep(Yama(ia,1987),From血is
consideredin the eqtユiまibrilユm(An主ya and Skvarca,ま992;
relativeIymanyglaciologicalstudieshavebeencarriedout
hereinciudingGRPP90and93,amO喝Whicb払eonebyRott
g夏戊よ(199郎ismostcomprebens主ve.fnordertoestimaもetbe
ann㍊aima岱balance,tbeeva王uationofcaivingwasfoundto
beessentiai,
ニJ;.β川こりトか√7ん川川7(品眉■′一け(ナ∫(∼由りJ里川
BrazoUpsalaisabranchofLagoArgentino,inwbicb
Co‡nb払i喝thesedata,まn七e汀eiationsbipsbetweer蔓thest汀face
Gまaciar Upsala caives.G呈aciar Up$aまais the tbird王argest
dl・illill主ミ,rht:a1日しlこIl11ビt;1L:Cし1mulこ1tiいn、、’こISfurthefit−Sttinein
giacierinSouthAmerica,Wi馳anarea of857km2and a
lengtb of60km.ÅARi$0,68and払e hypsometry oftbe Patagoniaesモi主naもedtobe3,45m(watereqtlivalent)fortbe
drainageareasuggest$thattheglacierissusceptibietoE
year1984/85.
3.BackgroundofGRPP
3.之椚
Aftercompletingtwofieldseasons,Åniya(1988)com−
shift(Aniya andSkvarca,1992).Aftertemporary advance
betvee111968and1977,tbisgiaciercommencedrapidreces− pietedaninve11tOryOf280utleとglacier$,圭nciudingestimates
oftheELÅs.Healsoelucidatedthevariationoftheseoutlet
sion withlarge−SCale ca王ving(Aniya and Skvarca,1992;
glacierssince1944/45andぬsbeeヱIupdat摘gくAniya,1992;
Å萄iyaぞ才鐙乙タ2800),NarほSe and Skv温rCa(2000)expまa払ed
Ⅵraぬa王1dAlliya,ユ995;ÅniyaandⅥrakao,1997;A11iya,1999;
t壬1eSepbe王10mena(きfextensivecalvingbyglacierstretchi喝
Åniya,280ユ).払ad蛍tiontothoseofたciaまGRPア,Åniyawent
alldtb主nning.BrazotJpsala主ユaSa王naXim㍊れ1dept王IeXCeedi噸
back to Glaciar Soleronhis ownin1995and coliected14C
600m.ItwasnotedinNovember1999thatthele鉦margin
ぬtingmate貞a王s,basedo釣WhicbAniyaandNaruseくま999)
wasterminatingorl王andarldnolorlgerCalvi喝intbe呈ake.
idenとi舅edtwolatest‡1eOglaciaもions(1300BCand16tbcen【
Å鉦erGR㌘P90and930neOftbemembers,Pe由・oSkvarca,
tu汀).T壬IeSedataarethefi柑もOfi短kin∂inHPNandslユggeSも
Insti蝕もOAnはrticoÅrgenぬ0,Wentbackぬereonbisown
SeVeraltimestolocatethesnoutpo$i転onasweiiasmeasur− somesyncbronyoftheHoloceneglaciatまonsbeとVeen王貯N
ing the depth of thelake,From these experience,it was andHPS・AIsoMatsuokaenttOtheaccumulationareaof
Gまaciar Nefin1996and dr呈1ied at tbe elevation of1500m
understoodtbattわecompletebat‡lymetryOfBrazotJpsaまa
doⅦntO14,5‡nandestimatedtわeanllualmetacct王mdat呈onof
was essen貢altounderstand tbe retreat mechanism of汰e
2,2m(w、e.)in1996(MatsuokaandNaruse,1999).
glこICiビl■.
GR‡〉Pwasi‡iiti離edin1983−84メandcarriedoutin1985
−86圭n‡壬㌘N(Nakajima,1985;1987),andi托1998aild1992圭n
HpS(NamseandÅniya,1992;1995).
ユJ.〃r:\ナ
In‡‡PN,Glaciar Sa‡1Rafaelon the weSt Side of tbe
icefieldandGiaciarSole‡・Ontbeeastsまdeof洩eicefieldwere
chosenねrcomparat行es乞udiesinmeもe(汀Oiogy aio‡1gW独
0払er ob紀rVaも毎n/measureme‡1tS SuCb as giacier fiow,
わydro王ogy,SnOWまnsect$,a重1d aeria呈pbotograp壬1ic s㍑rVey,
Fromtbesestudies,tbestrongeasトVeSもCOntraStOfmeteoナ
roiogyandsteepclimategradientwereeiucidated(Kobaya・
s壬IiandSa主to,1985;Oh離a g夏α乙,1985a,軋王tⅥraSin tbis
projecttbatthe蔦0VSpeedofGlaciarS抑RafaelwasねⅥild
to exceed17m/dattbeこaivings王10utぁまringt王ieSummeで
GRPP1990and1993were conceれtratedinIiPS,at
GlaciarUpsala,PeritoMore‡10andTyndali†andinAm咤甑
ino vaまIey.Tbe maまn theme vas stl頭ace profiie cbanges
(NarもiSeandÅniya,1992;199弘丁壬Ii王Ⅵ血gofGまaciarUpsa呈a
between1990and1993wasllm/a,byfar偽eiargestintbe
world(Skvarca et ai.,1995).Thinning ofGlaciar Tyndali
was4、Om/afor1985肌90(Kadotag≠招Jリ1992)and3.1m/aねr
1990叫93(Nisbiぬg£αg.タ1995).On血eotberband,払esurねce
profiierelⅥainedunc王1a喝edatGまaciarPeritoMoreno(Nar−
use g才αgりユ995).Byide如ifyingmorainesandwitblヰCd汲も−
ings,tbe罠0まocene gまaciaicbr()nOlogy was elucidated for
Glacまartアpsala,TyndalまandÅmegbino,andぎourNeく〉gまacia−
tionsⅥrereprOpOSedねrHPS(Aniya,1995,199軋
UsiT唱LandsatTMdataandaeria呈pho紬酢apbs,Åniya
留吉虎£(1996)made a compreねens主veinven紬ry of H壬)S,i‡1
Wbich tbeyi8entified4801珪王et glaciers wi洩est主maモes of
(NartlSe,1985),
EIノÅs,Åt tもe sa‡ne time Aniya g若α£(199ア)eiucidated
Nef,Ko弘法ima(1985)払undsれ0Ⅵrinsec晦StOne幻y(鞄c密書g㌣
仏G㌢砂塵ぞり褒ゐ)andsnov鮎a(Coガ留別∂∂紘加わ摺α玖),for
variousremotelysense(ldata,Apartfromoursもudy,Arisねでぺ
ainandDeimas(1993)dTilまed13,2matthea(ニClユmⅥiationarea
of Gまaciar Perito Moreno,ぎindingl.2m w息Of a汀‡ea‡l
annua昆netaccumuia霞onねrtheyear198l冊86.
AstberesⅥ1tsoftheses餌diesirlH㌘NandHPS,itba$
AtthreeglaciersofHPN,GlaciarSanRafael,Soler,and
tbefirsttimeinPatagonia.Tbisis洩eむst陀pOrtOfslユCぬ
insectsoutsideof払ef‡主ma王aya.
0ver Giaciar Soier,Semi【Verticaiaerial頭10も喝rapby
withaformatof6Ⅹ6cmwasfloⅥrnin1984and1986and汰e
st汀face stnユdure of t壬1e glacierⅥraS mapped aild sttldied
(Anまya and NarじSe,1985,1986,198ア).Naru紀(1985,1987)
meastired幻owspeedofGiacierSoi野,aSWellas也eさurねce
variations of these glaciers between1945and1986,uSing
becomeapparenttbatdri11inginHPSisnecessaryinorderto
estimate tbe aIlnualnet accumulatio呈1,and calvingis very
importa三1もto t主nderstand giacまer dynamics of Patagon主an
g呈ac融sa‡−8toobtainanestimateofthea苅田Ⅵaimassもaト
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ance.Outofmorethan700utletglaciersofHPNandHPS,
4.エ2.7協βぴαJJ砂〆忍わふ)わγ
HPN.Thereforeitisobviousthatmuchmorefieldstudieson
dating,although carbon materials were extremely scarce
there.The obtained dates suggest that the samples are
probablycontaminatedbymodernroots.
onlythreearenotcalving.Therestiscalvinginlakesonthe
Aniya,withthehelpofCesarAcuaaandGregoryKay,
worked on identifying and mapping glacial landforms diseastandinfjordonthewestoftheicefield.Anotherimpor・
tribt旺edintbevaileyofR盲oSolerfromtheentranceofLago
tant topicis the王ioiocene giacier variations of HPN・
PloInOall払eⅥ7ayuptOneartbe王妃ad.Heidentifiedseveral
Å助olユgb払urmajorneoglaciationsbavebeenestabiisb・edin
HPS(Aniya,1995),Onlythelatesttwohavebeenidentifiedinterminalmorainesandmanagedtocollect18sampiesfor14C
theglacia11andformsanddatingsareneededinHPN・
4.Fieldworkandmajorfindings
4.J.J99βαC≠グ即ダガ鮎
FieldworkwasconcentratedatGlaciarSolerandinthe
va11eyofR70SolerofHPNin1998・
‘J.J./.Cん汀んけ・51つ/(リ・
AtGlaciarSoierthesubjectsofthemeasurementsand
observationsareasfollows;
(1)surfaceprofile,
(2)flowspeed,
(3)strainrate,
(4)ablations,
Two‡nOrai王1e−dammedlakeslocatedattbebeadsofR言o
Tlユrbio were visited and mapped for moraine distribution.
The moraine damming Laguna delCo.Largo whichburst
outin1989(or1987)was found to consist of two closely
spacedterminalmoraines(theLittleIceAgeandearlier?)
(Fig.5).DuetothisolユtbtlrSt,thevalleyfloorofR言oTurbio
wascompletelydevastatedもythedeposまtまonofb喝ebolユl−
ders(longaxisexceedinglOm),andthevalleyofR了oSoler
wascompletelywashedoutalmosttotheconfluenceofR‡o
Cachova11ey.Theroughsurveyindicatesthatthelakelevel
wasdroppedby97mandhaslostO.176km30fwater,erOding
rougbiy325Ⅹ104m30fmorainicmateriais・Accordingtotbe
locaiiribabitantsiiviIlgattbeInOuthofR富oSoler,SOme25
kmdownstream,thefloodwasuptothelevelofeavesof
(5)meteorologyandheatbudget,
theirhouses,about3−4mhigherthanthenormallevel・
(6)hydrologyofrunoffstream,and
(7)observationoficeavalanches・
Naruse,Yamaguchi,Matsumoto and Ohno measured
te王nperatllre,preCipitation,albedo,a‡idwindfromNov・15to
Dec.10at the base camp and on the glacier,aS Welまas
measuring surface profile,flow spced,and strain rate・
StreamrunoffwasmeasuredseveraltimesbetweenNov.18
and Dec.10.These measurements are compared to tho$e
measuredin1984and1986.Izumirecordedice avalanche
activitiesbyavideocamera女omNov,26toI)ec.9,VbicII
canbecomparedwiththedataKobayashiandNaruse(1987)
recordedin1984and1985,Thesurfaceloweringfrom1985to
1998wasfoundtobe42m±5m,i.e.3.2±5m/a(Naruse
et al”2000).Flow speed decreased almostlinearly from
abol止0.6m/dintbemid−reaChoftbeablationareatoO・25
m/dneartileSnOut,andfluct11atedasmucbas払reetim腎
daybyday(Yamaguchieiai.,inpreparation)・Theprog・
1aciallakehasbeensteadilyenlargingsincearound1990,and
thesnouttipcouldbarelybereachedfromthefrontin1998
(Fig、4;inFeb.2000,itwasdetachedfromtheland;perS・
comm.NeilGlas麗r,Jlユne2000).
Fi払5・LagunadelCo・Largoandthedevastatedvalleyfloor
duetoanoutburstflood(PhotobyM.Aniya;Nov.29,1999)。
Themorainedammingthelakeappearsonesystemdueto
heavyvegetationcover;however,inthefielditwasfound
outthattwocIoselyspacedridges,thtlSPrObabiyrepresenト
IngtWOadvances,COnStitl三tetbismoraine−Tbeiaketotbe
rightisunnamed.
イ.ノ.ユ.1り坑7/∫J…・り・
Aspartofthecontinuingproject,Aniyamadeanaerial
surveyOfoutletglaciersofHPNonNovember30,1998,for
astudyoftbeglaciervariation,Unねrtunately,tbeweatber
vasnotgoodontheⅥreSternSideoftheice貞eld,inparticular
southwesternsideoftheicefield.Consequently,0nly150ut
of210utletglacierswhichhavebeencontinuouslymonitored
forvariationsince1944werephotographedforstudy・Itwas
foundoutthatGlaciarSanRafaelhadadvancedsome350m
between1995プ96and1998/99.
4.2.ヱ脚αC如才才gβざ
Fig,4.GlaciarSolerinNovember1999(PhotobyM・Aniya;
Nov.23,1999).Theglaciersurfaceofthefrontalareahas
becomeveryflatandsmootb血etostagnationoficearld
mddng.
4.2」.Gぬc由γ7ケ乃(おJJ
ThedrillingwasplannedtoborelOOmintheaccumula−
tionareaofGlaciarTyndall.Afterwaitingfortwoweeksin
Pt111taÅrenasandatぬePainePark HeadqlユarterSdueto
ArとiyaandNaruse
乃
incまement weather conditio王ュS,threeJapanese(Kobshima, there払eydroveittothecampsitetogetthedrillingteam
ShiraiwaandKubota)andthreeChileans(Qtlinteros,Godoi,OutOftheicefield.Thedril最ngpartyhadtoabandonmostof
and Arevalo)were flownin by a壬Ieiicopter operated by
払eirvalual〕1eequipment主ncllまdi喝血ilii喝apparat喝and
partof也eicecorestbeyretrieved,1好h主1eat払edr主11ingsite
ChileanAirForceonNovember29,and払edriiiingcamp
for払reeⅥreeks,伍esnowaccumulationamoⅥnモedtoso王Ⅵe4
vas estabiisbed aモモbe eievation of1756m(Fig.隠Tbe
Ⅵ昭atberinPatagoniaduringNoveヱnberamdDeceInber1999
min魚ickness.Tbisexperienceitseifprovidesararedataon
WaSeXtremelybad,andthedelayforcedthemtoquitdrilling
Operation at tbe dep払of46m on December9.Tbein
−COmingbelicopterfl主ghttogetthemoutof汰eicefieidwa$
forcedtoⅥrait untiまDecember23a魚ertwo weeks ofs七and
−by.Evenonthisday,也eclol昆dceili噸WaSabout1300恥
Ⅴぬic壬IPreVentedtbehel主copもercoming onto払ecamps吏te
directly.TwoChileanmembers(CasassaandRivera)took
skidooin tbeheiicopterⅥrhicblanded王ュear1300m.From
SnOWaCCumulationanddri11ingoperationinthefuture.
IntheabiatioIlarea,て、akeucbiworkedonsnowプg王acier
bioま噸y,COま王ectiれginsectsandalgaes.
▲J.ユユ(′ご山(、畠J・ハリ九I.1ノり汀〃り
Naru派 and Kobayasbi喜ndependently worked on
measurlng and observlng Calving events.Naruse analyzed
払esnoutchangesbycaまvingactivitieswi払stereogrotlnd
p壬10tO黍汀aphs fro王n tbe sou汰western sbore.Since calving
callSeSaSeriesofvaveswbicbmaybecapとuredl)yaWater
王eveigauge,Kobayashirecordcdcaivingeventsbysettir主ga
Waterlevelgaugeatthesoutbwestemshore(Fig,7).
尋.之3.馳∂こ診朗由
Skvarca worked on払eもa払ymetry of Brazo Upsala,
Ⅶith払eheipof‡漬iguelBeizuelafromNationalHydrogra−
pbicServicesfromDecemもer8to16.Giaciarぴpsaiaく:Omq
mencedrapidretreatintheearly1980sandcontinuesdrastic
retreat dtle tO eXtenSive calvi噸OnCein a few to several
years,Tberefore,it主smostimportanモモoknoⅥ7thedeptI10f
tbelakein order to understand tbe retreat mec王Ianism of
ぎig−6、DriliiロgCampSiteaもtheaccl王muia霊onareaofGlaciar
Tyndall,HPS(Photo by T.Shiraiwa;December1999).
LookirlgSOutbwardattbeeユevationof1756汀】嶋
Glaciar Upsala,However,again due to unusⅥaliy bad
Wea払erinDecember1999,hecouldwork oniytwo and a
halfdaysoutofeightdays.Strongwindsmakewaveshigh
anddangerotiSlycboppyきandicebergscIlOkedtbelakewater
Fig.7.CalvingatGlac王arPeritoMoreno,HPS(PhotosbyS▲Kobayashi;Dec.5,1999).A:a
large calving,about40¶50mhigh.B:a Series ofwaves caused by calving.C:WaVeS
WaShingtbesbore.D:Waterievelgaugesetting.‡twa$pt托Onm(三毛alang王eswhic主lVereSet
intowaterwithtwo$tOrkeSaSWeight,eaehweighingabout30kg.Thebackrotmdisthe
SnOutOftbegiaciel■サ
76
BulletinofGlaciologicalResearch
(Fig.8).
AniyajoinedtbeSkvarca’spartyat8razotJpsalaand
investigatedglaciallandねrmsof汰eValledelasÅmericas
(or Vacas),a triもutary vailey of Brazo tJpsala・He also
investigatedPearsonIlateralmoraine(ca・1600BP,Aniya,
1995)ontherightbank of Brazo Upsala,COllectingsome
datingsamples.
イ.ユ・J‥レJ血/∫J′/て−り・∫
AniyamadeaerialsurveysinHPN.First,heflewover
GlaciarSoleronNovember29,1999,takingverticalphoto−
graphswitha6Ⅹ6cmformatcamera(Fig・9),fromwhich
heassernbiedamosaictost11dythesur・facestructureofthe
glackrandcomparedit南仏払osemadein1984and1986■
Healsomadeacircumferential幻ightofHPNonNovember
30,1999,takingob!iqtleaerialphotographsofthesnotltOf
theoutletglaciersforglaciervariationstudies・Theweather
wasverygood onthisday,andhecouldtakeverygood
photographsofglaciers,tOgetherwithskillfulflightbythe
pilot.ItwasfoundthatGlaciarSanRafael,Whichhadbeen
advancingsincearound1992,retreatedbetween1998/99and
1999/2000.EnlargementofproglaciallakesofGlaciarSan
QuintinandGrosseisnotable.
Fig.8.BrazoUpsalaandGlaciarUpsa】a(PhotosbyM・Aniya;
Dec.12,1999),A:upperleftisthegiacierandawhitestrip
of主cebergsis blocking theiake・隅iteness at tbelower
rまgbtisthereflection ofwater・B:atOuristboat独仏e
m主ddleラ豆yi三IgtOpeTletrateintotbemazeofcbaIlneischo−
kedbyicebergs.
Fig.9t Stereogramsof払esno℃tOfGlaciarSoler,‡‡PN(photosbyM・Aniya;Nov・29,199乳
A:Sbowま1閣thetipoftbesno鴎bareiytouchingtheまand−B=ieftsideexteれSionof丸
由珊ing汰eenlargedprogiaciallal(eWitbafevまcebergs・笥徹itestl・ipinfrontoftbeiake
istbepositionofthegiac絶rfronもarourld1990・
A‡1iyaandNarlユSe
5.Membersoftheproject
7ア
RenjiNaruse:Dr.(Glaciologist),Associateprofessor,
PuntaArenasブCbile,
MiguelA▲Beizuela:Hydrographer,NationalHydrogでapbic
Service,Bue王10SAまres,Argentin&
CesarAcu汽a:Studeれt,Departa‡ⅥentOdeGeograf富a,Univer−
S主daddeChile,Santiago,Chile.
GregoryKay:Graduatestu8ent,GradlユaもeScboolofEnviro王l≠
mentalSciences,University of Tsukuba,Ibaraki,
University,Sapporo,Japan.
MasamuAniya:Dr.(Geomorpbo王ogist),prOfessorき
Institute of Geosc主ence,University of Tslユkuba,
足odolねdeまValie:Vice d主rector,Insti餌toÅn七会rticoÅr岬
Tbea抒ilまationalldti貞earethoseat血etimeofpartici−
pこItiいn.
r/l、〃J.亡1(J(7邑T
lnstitute of Low Temperature Science,Hokkaido
王baraki,Japarl.
J)tナノ†小一L、√7−/け
PedroSkvarca:Ing.(Glaciologist),HeadofGiacioiogy‡)ivi−
Sion,
王nstituto An路㌻も主co Argenぬ0,Buenos Aまres,Ar−
gentina.
GinoCasassa:Dr.(Glaciologist),Associateprofessor,Arca
de Geociencias,Instituto dela Patagorlia,Univer−
SidaddeMagal‡anes,PuntaArenas,Cbile.
SbiroKo王ISbima:Dr.(8ioiogisも),Åsociateprofessor,
Faculty of Bioscience and王きiotecbnology,Tokyo
‡nstituteofTecbnoiogy,Tokyo,Japan.
凡・∫.・(JハイJ▲l人情れハ
S‡lun’icbiKobayasbi:Dr,(Giacioまog主sも),prOfessor,
ResearchInstiもute紬r Hazards呈n SnoⅥryÅreas,
Niigaもat∫niversity,Niigata,Japan.
KaoruIzumi:Dr.(Glaciologist)Associateprofessor,
Researc‡lImstiとute for王iazardsin S‡10Wy Areas,
NiigatatJniversity,Niigaね,apan.
TakayⅥkiShiraiⅥ㌻a:Dr.(Giaciologist),Assist弧tprO短∬Or,
Jnl−こ=.
(、り一軒八丁//†・亡・ん…、∫/由J/fり下
gelltino,BuenosAires,Argenti一級
FernandoEscobar:Researchscientist,DirecciるnGeれeralde
Aguas,Ministerio de Obras P肋1icas,Santiago,
Chiie.
Acknowledgments
FieldworkofGRPPin1998and1999wasmadepossible
onlytbrolユgbぬegenerolまSSuppOrtby払efollowingpersons
andorg描izations.
Fまrstofali,WeVOlユidiike七OaCknowまedge‡ion.Yuもun
Narita,Ambassador oiJapan to Chile,for his generous
assistaれCeinGRPP990perations.1好i也outbiserlt壬IuSiastic
SuppOrtfordri臼ぬgatGlaciarTyndall,WeWOuはnothave
stlCCeededtodrillarldobtainthevaluabieicecores.Wealso
wouidliketo acknowledge MrすHidekiKusakabe,Second
Secretary of Embassy ofJapan,for b主s negotiation witb
Chi王eanÅirぎorceぎor Tyn血iまoperation.Mr.Yosbまnoblユ
Sakarr]OtO,preSidentof“EmpresadeDesarrolloPesquerode
Chile,Ltda,”,isthankedforhisgeneroussupportfortran−
SpOrtingice cores toJapan.CONAF staff at tbe Paine
NationaiParkHead(箋uarとersaiュd‡lelicopterpilotsofCb主iea‡1
‡nstitute of Low Temperature Science,‡iokkaido
University,Sapporo,Japan.
ÅndrさsRivera:MS(Geograpber),Åssisとantprofessor,
DepartamentodeGeograffa,UniversidaddeChiie,
Air Force are aまso thanked for払eir supportin Tyrldalま
Sator㍑Yamagucbi:MS(Giacioiogist),Pb.D。Student,
Grad㍑ateScboolofEar払E牲VironmentaiSciencesブ
HokkajdoUniversity,Sapporo,Japan.
TakaneMatsumoto:MS(Hydrologist),PhD.student,
GraduateSchoolofEar払Environme王1talSciences,
Hokkaidot7niversity,Sapporo,JapaR.
inglユSinCaiafateiodging.Mr.D−ReneRe主belofPrefectura
Navaまぁe王ped㍑S grea晦,prOViding a boatぎor也e Brazo
Santiago,C‡1ile.
HirosbiOhno:(Gまacまoiog圭st〉,MSst㍊dent,
GTaduateSchoolofEarthEnvironmenta壬Sciences,
Ⅰ,王okkaidot†niversity,Sapporo,Japarl.
NozomiTakeuchi:Dr.(Biologist),Researcbstudent,
Faculty of王葺ioscience and Biotec‡lnOlogy,Tokyo
‡nstituteofTecbnol噌y,Tokyo,Japan.
KeまjiKubo七a:(Meもeorologist),MSstuden㌔
GraduateSchoolofEar払Environme王ItaiScierlCeS,
HokkaidoUniversity,Sapporo,Japan.
F/【イr/.1∬/ヾ/(川/∫
TeodoroTocon盈s:SlユrV野OrナGe‡i血rmeポaNaciona;,駄enos
Aires,Argentina.
JorgeQuinteros:Tecゎー1ician,Direcciるn GeneraldeAguas,
Sailtiago,Cbile.
Maria A,Godoi:Biol噸ist,Universidad de Magallane$,
PuntaÅrenas,Cbiie彙
MarceloG彙Årevalo:AndenistaァUniversidaddeMagal呈anes,
Operat主on.
“Minitrekki喝”based圭れCalafateisacknowledgedf(汀
transporting and housing the members who worked at
Glaciar‡〉eritoMoreno,a貸dHosもeria“Schiまl呈ng”forslユppOrt−
Upsalaoperation.
Mr.AnselmoSotoandMr.AlfonsoGom芭zareacknow−
1edged for tbeir guide a‡ld services witb horsesin Soler
Vall野Opera貢onin199臥Pii鴎Mr.Car王osRobertoLe蝕of
“DonCario$Aeroportes,Ltぬ.”inC野baiqueistbaIiked毎r
hisskillfulfiightandnav圭gation壬naerialsurveysin1998and
1999,and pil鴫Mr.Freddy Meyer of“Transportes San
Rafael”of Coyhaiqueis aiso thanked for modifying his
airplane to accommodate a6Ⅹ6cmねrmat camera for
verとicaipbo紬grap壬血gin1999,aSWella$封yingoverGlaciar
Soler.
FinanciaまsupportoぎGRpP98alld99wasprovidedbya
granトin−aidforinternationalscientificresearchprogramby
the Ministry ofEduaction,Science,Sports and ClユIture of
Japan(projectnumber:100姐105〉.
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