Spatial Distribution of Visible Desert Salts in the McMurdo Region, Antarctica

• Main Author: Bisson, Kelsey
• Other Authors: Lyons, Berry
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; geochemistry; salt; environmental polar science; McMurdo Dry Valleys; McMurdo Station; Ross Island; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/54728

Desert environments are distinctive in that they are the only landscapes that accumulate salts in measureable quantities. The McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are classified as a polar desert, as they maintain very low relative humidities by the sweeping katabatic winds that descend upon the contin...