Paleolimnology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 85-114

  Doran, Peter T ^a   Wharton Jr , Robert A ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; ice; lakes; McMurdo Dry Valleys; paleolimnology; sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DRY VALLEY; ICE COVER; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA, MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

FRESH WATER; ICE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COLD CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; GEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; ICE; PALEONTOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0028184181     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: 15730417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00682507     Document Type: Article

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