Geochemistry and Microbiology of the Extreme Aquatic Environment in Lake Vida, East Antarctica

Abstract: Lake Vida is the largest lake of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, with an approximately 20 m ice cover overlaying a brine of unknown depth with at least 7 times seawater salinity and temperatures below -10 degrees C year-round. Samples of brine collected from ice above the main water body contain...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Alison
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: IEDA: US Antarctic Program Data Center 2013
Subjects:
C-14
Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems
Microbiology
Chemistry:Fluid
Chemistry:Ice
Geochronology
Ice Core Records
Antarctica
Biosphere
Cryosphere
Dry Valleys
Lake Vida
US Antarctic Program Data Center (USAP-DC)
Antarctic
East Antarctica
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Antarc*
ice core
Online Access:http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/600080

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