Summer-winter transitions in Antarctic ponds: III. Chemical changes

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Webster Brown, Jenny ^a   Hawes, Ian ^a   Safi, Karl ^b   Sorrell, Brian ^c   Wilson, Nathaniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

freeze concentration; major ion; McMurdo Ice Shelf; PHREEQC modelling; trace element

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; POND; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUMMER; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO ICE SHELF;

EID: 84857852060     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000721     Document Type: Article

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