Drilling project at Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica: recent progress and plans for the future-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Drilling project at Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica: recent progress and plans for the future

Published:2017-05-24 Issue:1 Volume:461 Page:145-159
ISSN:0305-8719
Container-title:Geological Society, London, Special Publications
language:en
Short-container-title:Geological Society, London, Special Publications

Author:

Talalay Pavel¹,Sun Youhong¹,Zhao Yue²,Li Yuansheng³,Cao Pinlu¹,Markov Alexey¹,Xu Huiwen¹,Wang Rusheng¹,Zhang Nan¹,Fan Xiaopeng¹,Yang Yang¹,Sysoev Mikhail¹,Liu Yongwen¹,Liu Yunchen¹

Affiliation:

1. Polar Research Center, Jilin University, No. 938 Ximinzhu str., Changchun City, Jilin Province, China

2. Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, No.11 Minzu Daxue Nanlu, Haidian district, Beijing, China

3. Polar Research Institute of China, No. 451 Jinqiao Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, China

Abstract

AbstractThe Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSM), located in the central part of East Antarctica, have become the subject of great scientific interest because the mechanism driving the uplift of the range, which resembles younger mountain ranges in shape, in the middle of the old Antarctic Plate is unknown. The next step planned in the exploration of the GSM will be focused on direct examination of the ice sheet bed by drilling. The use of cable-suspended drilling technology is proposed. All of the drilling equipment will be installed inside a movable, sledge-mounted, temperature-controlled, and wind-protected drilling shelter and workshop connected by steel pathway. To drill through ice and bedrock, a new version of the cable-suspended ice and bedrock electromechanical drill was designed and tested. During the 2017–18 season, the drilling shelter and workshop will be assembled near the Zhongshan Station and first field tests will be carried out. Drilling for bedrock on the GSM is planned as soon as full financial and logistical support is obtained for the project.

Publisher

Geological Society of London

Subject

Geology,Ocean Engineering,Water Science and Technology

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