Role of lithology, weathering and precipitation on water chemistry of lakes from Larsemann Hills and Schirmacher Oasis of East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Asthana, Rajesh, Shrivastava, Prakash Kumar, Srivastava, Hari Bahadur, Swain, Ashit K., Beg, Mirza Javed, Dharwadkar, Amit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2019
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Antarctic; East Antarctica; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Larsemann Hills; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2680/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2680/1/A1901004.pdf

Schirmacher Oasis and Larsemann Hills areas represent two different periglacial environments of East Antarctica. Schirmacher Oasis is characterized by a vast stretch of ice-shelf in the north and East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) to its south. Whereas, in Larsemann Hills area the northern and north-we...