Paleolimnology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Paleolimnology
• Main Authors: Doran, Peter T., Wharton, Robert A., Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 1994
• Subjects: Antarctica; ice; lakes; McMurdo Dry Valleys; paleolimnology; sedimentology; Ice Lakes; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/694; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00682507

The McMurdo Dry Valleys presently contain more than 20 permanent lakes and ponds, which vary markedly in character. All, with the exception of a hypersaline pond, have a perennial ice-cover. The dry valley lakes, and lakes in other ice-free regions of continental Antarctica, are unique on this plane...