Importance of landscape position and legacy: The evolution of the lakes in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 355-367

  Lyons, W Berry ^a   Fountain, Andrew ^b   Doran, Peter ^c   Priscu, John C ^d   Neumann, Klaus ^a   Welch, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chemical composition; Evolution; Lakes; Landscape

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LAKE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034025251     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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