Characterization of active layer water contents in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Seybold, C.A., Balks, M.R., Harms, D.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
• Subjects: Granite Harbour; Marble Point; McMurdo Sound; Minna Bluff; Mount Fleming; Scott Base; Victoria Valley; Wright Valley; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102010000696; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102010000696

Abstract The liquid soil water contents in the seasonally thawed layer (active layer) were characterized from seven soil climate monitoring sites - four coastal sites from south to north (Minna Bluff, Scott Base, Marble Point and Granite Harbour), and inland sites from low to high altitude (Wright V...