Studies on Evaporite Minerals from Dry Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Author: Takashi NISHIYAMA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1977
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Victoria Land; Taylor Valley; Wright Valley; Trona; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007916; https://doaj.org/article/6930e40a1bfa4f00af7d6ea24e6f4a47

The areal and vertical distributions of evaporite minerals in the Taylor Valley and the Wright Valley were studied with X-ray diffraction techniques to disclose the origins of salts. Halite, sylvite. thenardite. mirabilite. Gypsum, calcite, aragonite, trona, thermonatrite, monohydrocalcite, soda nit...