Clathrate formation and the fate of noble and biologically useful gases in Lake Vostok, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  McKay, C P ^a   Hand, K P ^b   Doran, P T ^c   Andersen, D T ^d   Priscu, J C ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; REDOX REACTIONS; SUPERSATURATION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES;

BIOLOGICAL STRESSES; CLATHRATE FORMATION; DISSOLVED GAS; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; HIGH OXYGENS; LAKE WATERS; SUBGLACIAL LAKES; TOTAL DISSOLVED GAS; WATER COLUMNS;

GEOPHYSICS; LAKES;

CLATHRATE; GAS EXCHANGE; LAKE DYNAMICS; LIMNOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

EID: 0141737647     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017490     Document Type: Article

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