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• Main Authors: Heather Elizabeth Pugh, Dr. W. Berry Gyons
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Austral; Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.540.3442

This thesis is part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MCM) Long-Tern Ecological Research (LTER) study in Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. With the exception of the ice-covered lakes, there is little liquid water present in the valleys for most of the year. Chemical weathering is thought to occur more r...