Environmental Sciences and Resources: Geology

• Main Authors: The Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Matthew James Hoffman, Martin Lafrenz, Glen Liston, Alan Yeakley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: East Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.670.799; http://glaciers.pdx.edu/Thesis/Hoffman/Hoffman_ETD_converted.pdf

In the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, melting of glacial ice is the primary source of water to streams, lakes, and associated ecosystems. To better understand meltwater production, three hypotheses are tested: 1) that small changes in the surface energy balance on these glacier...