Preliminary Geochemical Prospecting of Thermal Sources around Lake Vanda, Dry Valley, Antarctica

• Main Author: Akito KOGA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1977
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Lake Vanda; Syowa Station; Taylor Valley; Vanda; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007912; https://doaj.org/article/b3d56db266c64717b168c9b1963718d0

Preliminary geochemical prospecting of thermal sources around Lake Vanda, Dry Valley, was carried out using mercury. Twentythree samples, taken from around the lake, were analyzed. Values range from 1.1 to 169 ppb, with 50 ppb average. For comparison, 89 samples from Don Juan DVDP 5A, Taylor Valley...