Hypersaline "wet patches" in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Levy, Joseph S ^a   Fountain, Andrew G ^b   Welch, Kathy A ^c   Lyons, W Berry ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; VAPORS;

ANTARCTICA; DRY VALLEY; EQUILIBRIUM VAPOR; HYPERSALINE; METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SALT CONTENT; SNOW MELT; SOIL PORES; WATER ACTIVITY;

SALINE WATER;

ALBEDO; EMPLACEMENT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; PERMAFROST; SALT; SNOWMELT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; VALLEY;

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

EID: 84857928550     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL050898     Document Type: Article

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