Hydrological and sedimentological investigation of Radok Lake, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica ...

• Main Authors: Wagner, Bernd, Cremer, Holger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2007
• Subjects: Composite Core; Water sampler, UWITEC; Gravity corer; AmeryOasis2001/2002; Sampling/drilling in lake; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Amery; Antarctic; Arctic; Austral; East Antarctica; Radok Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.605211; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.605211

Radok Lake in Amery Oasis, East Antarctica, has a water depth of ca. 360 m, making it the deepest non-subglacial lake in Antarctica. Limnological analyses revealed that the lake had, despite a 3 m thick ice cover, a completely mixed water column during austral summer 2001/2002. High oxygen contents,...