Glacial Lake Victoria, a high‐level Antarctic Lake inferred from lacustrine deposits in Victoria Valley
Abstract We present evidence of a large lake (Glacial Lake Victoria) that existed in Victoria Valley in the dry valleys region of Antarctica between at least 20 000 and 8600 14 C yr BP. At its highstands, Glacial Lake Victoria covered 100 km 2 and was ca. 200 m deep. The chronology for lake‐level ch...
| Published in: | Journal of Quaternary Science |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2002
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.691 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.691 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.691 |
| Summary: | Abstract We present evidence of a large lake (Glacial Lake Victoria) that existed in Victoria Valley in the dry valleys region of Antarctica between at least 20 000 and 8600 14 C yr BP. At its highstands, Glacial Lake Victoria covered 100 km 2 and was ca. 200 m deep. The chronology for lake‐level changes comes from 87 AMS radiocarbon dates of lacustrine algae preserved in deltas and glaciolacustrine deposits that extend up to 185 m above present‐day lakes on the valley floor. The existence of Glacial Lake Victoria, as well as other large lakes in the dry valleys, indicates a climate regime significantly different from that of today at the last glacial maximum and in the early Holocene. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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