Major ion and nutrient concentrations of water-soluble salts leached from aeolian material, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (2013-2016)

• Main Authors: Diaz, Melisa, Adams, Byron, Welch, Kathleen, Welch, Sue, Khan, Alia, McKnight, Diane, Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Taylor Valley; Bonney; Fryxell; Taylor Glacier; Diaz; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Miers Valley; Victoria Valley; Alatna Valley; East Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/6e55031fc79fa3cc6305ff318522b775; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-mcm.5000.1

To evaluate the role of Antarctic aeolian transport in surface chemistry homogenization, fifty-three samples of aeolian material from the McMurdo Dry Valleys region of Antarctica were collected and analyzed for water-soluble major ions and nutrients at a 1:5 sediment:water ratio. Samples were collected seasonally from Alatna Valley, Victoria Valley, Miers Valley, and Taylor Valley (Taylor Glacier, East Lake Bonney, F6 (Lake Fryxell), and Explorer’s Cove) at five heights (~5, 10, 20, 50, 100 cm) above the surface between 2013 and 2015. This data package is associated with Aeolian Material Transport and Its Role in Landscape Connectivity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, published by Diaz et al. in 2018 (DOI: 10.1029/2017JF004589).