Thermal legacy of a large paleolake in Taylor Valley, East Antarctica, as evidenced by an airborne electromagnetic survey

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Myers, Krista F., Doran, Peter T., Tulaczyk, Slawek M., Foley, Neil T., Bording, Thue S., Auken, Esben, Dugan, Hilary A., Mikucki, Jill A., Foged, Nikolaj, Grombacher, Denys, Virginia, Ross A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: East Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Taylor Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; ice core; Ice Sheet; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3577-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/3577/2021/

Previous studies of the lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys have attempted to constrain lake level history, and results suggest the lakes have undergone hundreds of meters of lake level change within the last 20 000 years. Past studies have utilized the interpretation of geologic deposits, lake chemist...