Hydrochemistry of ice stream beds—evaporitic or microbial effects?

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Skidmore, Mark, Tranter, Martyn, Tulaczyk, Slawek, Lanoil, Brian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Bindschadler Ice Stream; Casey Station; Kamb Ice Stream; Law Dome; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Stream C; Ice Stream D
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7580; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.7580; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.7580

Abstract Recently, new data have been acquired on the chemical composition of waters within the glacial till beneath the Kamb Ice Stream (KIS, formerly Ice Stream C) and the Bindschadler Ice Stream (BIS, formerly Ice Stream D), two of the arteries of ice loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS). We c...