Chemistry and stratification of Antarctic meltwater ponds II: Inland ponds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Healy, M., Webster-Brown, J.G., Brown, K.L., Lane, V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Victoria Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Wright Valley; Labyrinth; Victoria Valley; Bratina Island; Valley Pond; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000575; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102006000575

Meltwater ponds in the Victoria Valley and in the Labyrinth at the head of the Wright Valley of Victoria Land were sampled in January (summer) and October (late winter) of 2004 to establish their geochemistry and stratification, and to compare this with that of coastal meltwater ponds at a similar l...