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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Dugan, H. A., Doran, P. T., Wagner, B., Kenig, F., Fritsen, C. H., Arcone, S. A., Kuhn, E., Ostrom, N. E., Warnock, J. P., Murray, A. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2015
• Subjects: Lake Vida; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Victoria Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/609; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-439-2015; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/geo_pubs/article/1608/viewcontent/609.pdf

© Author(s) 2015. 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-sor...