Geomicrobiology of Blood Falls: An iron-rich saline discharge at the terminus of the Taylor Glacier

• Main Authors: Jill A. Mikucki, Christinem Foreman, Birgit Sattler, W. Berry Lyons, John C. Priscu
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Key words; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; subglacial environment; saline lakes; pliocene; Blood Falls; Bonney; Lake Bonney; Taylor Glacier; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.3529; http://mcm-dvlakesmo.montana.edu/images/data/publications/mikuckietal2004salinedischarge.pdf

Antarctica provides an example of the diverse physical and chemical niches available for life in the polar desert of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Geochemical analysis of Blood Falls outflow resembles concentrated seawater remnant from the Pliocene intrusion of marine waters combined with products of wea...