The meromictic lakes and stratified marine basins of the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-192

  Gibson, John A E ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Meromictic; Salinity; Stratification; Temperature; Vestfold Hills

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; LAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION;

BASIN; LAKE; MEROMICTIC LAKE; SEASONALITY; STRATIFICATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ANTARCTICA; VESTFOLD HILLS;

EID: 0033150071     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000243     Document Type: Article

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