Stratigraphy of Lake Vida, Antarctica: hydrologic implications of 27 m of ice

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: H. A. Dugan, P. T. Doran, B. Wagner, F. Kenig, C. H. Fritsen, S. A. Arcone, E. Kuhn, N. E. Ostrom, J. P. Warnock, A. E. Murray
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Victoria Valley; Lake Vida; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-439-2015; https://doaj.org/article/6e67db19b1a243c898f30986d7d2c06b

Lake Vida, located in Victoria Valley, is one of the largest lakes in the McMurdo dry valleys and is known to contain hypersaline liquid brine sealed below 16 m of freshwater ice. For the first time, Lake Vida was drilled to a depth of 27 m. Below 21 m the ice is marked by well-sorted sand layers up...