Core drilling at Syowa Station, Antarctica

The first core drilling at Syowa Station in Antarctica was carried out by the 21st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-21) by a rotary core drilling method using air as the drilling fluid. After 26 days of drilling work, a 20m-deep borehole was obtained in March 1980. In order to deepen thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katsutada Kaminuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1983-01-01
Series:Antarctic Record
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15094/00008341