PChemistry and stratification of Antarctic meltwater ponds I: Coastal ponds near Bratina Island, McMurdo Ice Shelf

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-524

  Wait, B R ^a   Webster Brown, J G ^b   Brown, K L ^b   Healy, M ^b   Hawes, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Freeze concentration; FREZCHEM52; Geochemistry; Ice; Latitudinal Gradient Project; Salt exclusion

Indexed keywords

BRINE; COASTAL ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ICE CRYSTAL; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; POND; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STRATIFICATION;

ANTARCTICA; BRATINA ISLAND; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF;

EID: 33751051688     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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