Modelled composition of cryogenically produced subglacial brines, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Gardner, Christopher B., Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Victoria Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Lake Vostok; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410201900004x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410201900004X

Polar subglacial hydrologic systems have garnered much interest since the recognition of Lake Vostok in 1996. In Antarctica, these environments are hydrologically diverse, including isolated lakes of different sizes, river–lake flow-through systems, “swamps” and groundwater (Siegert 2016). The refre...