An englacial hydrologic system of brine within a cold glacier: Blood Falls, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: JESSICA A. BADGELEY, ERIN C. PETTIT, CHRISTINA G. CARR, SLAWEK TULACZYK, JILL A. MIKUCKI, W. BERRY LYONS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; glacier hydrology; radio echo sounding; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Bonney; Taylor Glacier; Lake Bonney; Blood Falls; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.16; https://doaj.org/article/bd333f16254645f5a2ec94cda8d7d1f4

Taylor Glacier hosts an active englacial hydrologic system that feeds Blood Falls, a supraglacial outflow of iron-rich subglacial brine at the terminus, despite mean annual air temperatures of −17°C and limited surface melt. Taylor Glacier is an outlet glacier of the East Antarctic ice sheet that te...