The Holocene environmental history of Lake Hoare, Taylor Valley, Antarctica, reconstructed from sediment cores

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Wagner, Bernd, Ortlepp, Sabrina, Doran, Peter T., Kenig, Fabien, Melles, Martin, Burkemper, Andy
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2011
• Subjects: lake level fluctuations; late Quaternary; McMurdo Dry Valleys; palaeolimnology; Antarctic; Victoria Land; Taylor Valley; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Fryxell; Washburn; Lake Hoare; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/627; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102011000125

Abstract Up to 2.3 m long sediment sequences were recovered from the deepest part of Lake Hoare in Taylor Valley, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Sedimentological, biogeochemical, and mineralogical analyses revealed a high spatial variability of these parameters in Lake Hoare. Five distinct lith...