The geochemistry of upland ponds, Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-14

  Lyons, W Berry ^a,b   Welch, Kathleen A ^a   Gardner, Christopher B ^a,b   Jaros, Chris ^c   Moorhead, Daryl L ^d   Knoepfle, Jennifer L ^e   Doran, Peter T ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

climate variation; evapoconcentration; McMurdo Dry Valleys; meltwater; solutes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONNECTIVITY; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTWATER; PERMAFROST; POND; SEASONALITY; STREAM CHANNEL; UPLAND REGION; VALLEY;

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

EID: 84856760347     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000617     Document Type: Article

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