Controls on the Spatial Dimensions of Wetted Hydrologic Margins of Two Antarctic Lakes

• Published in: Vadose Zone Journal
• Main Authors: Gooseff, Michael N., Barrett, John E., Northcott, Melissa L., Bate, D. Brad, Hill, Kenneth R., Zeglin, Lydia H., Bobb, Michael, Takacs‐Vesbach, Cristina D.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Soil Science; Antarctic; East Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2006.0161; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2136%2Fvzj2006.0161; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2136/vzj2006.0161; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.2136/vzj2006.0161

Polar deserts are characterized by limited water availability across much of the terrestrial landscape. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, soil active layers are wetted only briefly after infrequent snowfall (<10 cm yr −1 ). Adjacent to glacial meltwater streams and lakes, however, sedim...