Lake Vida, Victoria Valley, Antarctica

Unlike the other large lakes in the ice-free valleys of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, Lake Vida, in Victoria Valley, is probably frozen to its base. Sand layers in the uppermost 11 m. of ice on Lake Vida may indicate that this lake has a different history from the others. Summer-time ablation...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Calkin, Parker E., Bull, Colin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1967
Subjects:
Earth-Surface Processes
Victoria Land
Victoria Valley
Lake Vida
Base Sand
Antarc*
Antarctica
Journal of Glaciology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002214300002013x
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214300002013X
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Summary:Unlike the other large lakes in the ice-free valleys of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, Lake Vida, in Victoria Valley, is probably frozen to its base. Sand layers in the uppermost 11 m. of ice on Lake Vida may indicate that this lake has a different history from the others. Summer-time ablation is about 50 cm. of ice.

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