Groundwater seeps in Taylor Valley Antarctica: An example of a subsurface melt event

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2005, Pages 200-206

  Lyons, W Berry ^a   Welch, Kathleen A ^a   Carey, Anne E ^a   Doran, Peter T ^e   Wall, Diana H ^b   Virginia, Ross A ^c   Fountain, Andrew G ^d   Csathó, Bea M ^a   Tremper, Catherine M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MELTWATER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TAYLOR VALLEY;

ONYX;

EID: 30944445985     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756405781813609     Document Type: Article

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