Lake-Level Fluctuations in the Fryxell Basin, Eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica

• Main Author: Whittaker, Thomas E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2004
• Subjects: Paleoclimatology; Sedimentology; Antartic Water Levels; Climate; Earth Sciences; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Paleontology; Fryxell; Glacial Lake; Lake Fryxell; Ross Sea; Scale Lake; Taylor Valley; Washburn; Antarc*; Antarctica; antartic*; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/1190; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/2184/viewcontent/WhittakerTE2004.pdf

Isotope records (δ180,δ13C, 14C), sedimentology, and diatom assemblages from Lake Fryxell (77°37'S, 163°06'E) sediment cores display evidence of significant changes in depositional environment from > 30 kyr B.P. to the present. These changes reflect variations in meltwater production re...