Deep groundwater and potential subsurface habitats beneath an Antarctic dry valley

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mikucki, J A ^a   Auken, E ^b   Tulaczyk, S ^c   Virginia, R A ^d   Schamper, C ^e   Sorensen K I ^b   Doran, P T ^f   Dugan, H ^g   Foley, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

BRINE; DEEP WATER; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; PERMAFROST; SENSOR; SUBURBAN AREA;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; GLACIER; HABITAT; LAKE; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PERMAFROST; SEA; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 84925960263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7831     Document Type: Article

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