Limnological Chemistry / Ion Concentrations and Si

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: McMurdo Dry Valleys LTERByrd Polar Research Center 108 Scott Hall1090 Carmack RdColumbusColumbusOH43210-1002USA(614) 292-4697 2011
• Subjects: lake; limnology; solute concentrations; inorganic; anions; cations; chemistry; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Taylor Valley; Vanda; Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Lake Vanda; Lake Hoare; Garwood; Lake Joyce; Lake Miers; Fryxell Lake; Bonney Lake; Miers Lake; Joyce Lake; Lake Garwood; Hoare Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.14788; http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.0062.5/xml

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic aqueous geochemical sampling program has been undertaken. A series of terrestrial water samples have been collected and analyzed for major ion chemistry by ion chromatography. The concentrations of ions cover a wide range of total dissolved solids from fresh to hypersaline lake waters. This dataset shows concentrations of lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, bromide, silicon, fluoride, SO4, and dissolved inorganic carbon found in various depths of Taylor Valley lakes.