New insights into the origin and evolution of Lake Vida, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica - A noble gas study in ice and brines

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 112-122

  Malone, Jessica L ^a   Castro, M Clara ^a   Hall, Chris M ^a   Doran, Peter T ^b   Kenig, Fabien ^b   McKay, Chris P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Lake Vida; McMurdo Dry Valleys; noble gases; three phase partitioning model

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DRY VALLEY; NOBLE GAS; THREE-PHASE PARTITIONING; THREE-PHASE PARTITIONING MODEL;

ARGON; BRINES; HELIUM; INERT GASES; KRYPTON; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LIQUIDS; NEON; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; XENON;

ICE;

ARGON; BRINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HELIUM; ICE COVER; KRYPTON; NEON; PARTITIONING; SALINITY; SATURATION; XENON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VIDA;

EID: 72949117657     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.034     Document Type: Article

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