Lake Hoare, Antarctica: sedimentation through a thick perennial ice cover

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Authors: SQUYRES, STEVEN W., ANDERSEN, DAVID W., NEDELL, SUSAN S., WHARTON, ROBERT A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Hoare; Lake Hoare; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1991.tb01265.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1991.tb01265.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1991.tb01265.x

ABSTRACT Lake Hoare in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica is covered with a perennial ice cover more than 3 m thick, yet there is a complex record of sedimentation and of growth of microbial mats on the lake bottom. Rough topography on the ice covering the lake surface traps sand that is transported by t...