Solute and isotope geochemistry of subsurface ice melt seeps in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 548-555

  Harris, Katherine J ^a,e   Carey, Anne E ^b   Lyons, W Berry ^c   Welch, Kathleen A ^c   Fountain, Andrew G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dry valleys; Groundwater; Hydrology; Ice; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DRY VALLEYS; GLACIAL MELT; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; WATERSHEDS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; SEEPAGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TAYLOR VALLEY;

EID: 34249077839     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25913.1     Document Type: Article

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