The geochemistry of Lake Joyce, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-352

  Shacat, Joseph A ^a,b   Green, William J ^a   Decarlo, Eric H ^b   Newell, Silvia ^a,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fe oxides; Geochemistry; Lake Joyce; Lakes; Major ions; Mn oxides; Nutrients; Rare earth elements; Trace metal cycling

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; LAKE WATER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE METAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; WORLD;

EID: 8144228453     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AQUA.0000047184.50027.41     Document Type: Article

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