Stratigraphy of Lake Vida, Antarctica: hydrologic implications of 27 m of ice
Lake Vida, located in Victoria Valley, is one of the largest lakes in the McMurdo dry valleys and is known to contain hypersaline liquid brine sealed below 16 m of freshwater ice. For the first time, Lake Vida was drilled to a depth of 27 m. Below 21 m the ice is marked by well-sorted sand layers up...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-03-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/439/2015/tc-9-439-2015.pdf |