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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Main Authors: M. N. Gooseff, D. Van Horn, Z. Sudman, D. M. McKnight, K. A. Welch, W. B. Lyons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/1723/2016/bg-13-1723-2016.pdf