Stream biogeochemical and suspended sediment responses to permafrost degradation in stream banks in Taylor Valley, Antarctica
Stream channels in the McMurdo Dry Valleys are characteristically wide, incised, and stable. At typical flows, streams occupy a fraction of the oversized channels, providing habitat for algal mats. In January 2012, we discovered substantial channel erosion and subsurface thermomechanical erosion und...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/1723/2016/bg-13-1723-2016.pdf |