Extreme decay of meteoric beryllium-10 as a proxy for persistent aridity.

• Main Authors: Valletta, Rachel D, Willenbring, Jane K, Lewis, Adam R, Ashworth, Allan C, Caffee, Marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
• Subjects: Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Other Physical Sciences; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Friis Hills; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Tundra
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/75p2b019

The modern Antarctic Dry Valleys are locked in a hyper-arid, polar climate that enables the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) to remain stable, frozen to underlying bedrock. The duration of these dry, cold conditions is a critical prerequisite when modeling the long-term mass balance of the EAIS durin...