Antarctic Interglacial Features

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Nichols, Robert L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1965
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; McMurdo Sound; Vanda; Wright Valley; Lake Vanda; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018414; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018414

Abstract The upper 180 ft. (55 m.) of Lake Vanda in Wright Valley, south Victoria Land, is essentially potable, whereas that part below 200 ft. (61 m.) is more than three times as saline as sea-water. The salinity below 200 ft. (61 in.) resulted from the evaporation and freezing, mainly during inter...