Soluble salt accumulations in Taylor Valley, Antarctica: Implications for paleolakes and Ross Sea Ice Sheet dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 198-215

  Toner, Jonathan D ^a   Sletten, Ronald S ^a   Prentice, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICE DRIFT; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SALT; SEA ICE; SODIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TAYLOR VALLEY;

EID: 84877683201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002467     Document Type: Article

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