Biogeochemical Dynamics of Dissolved Si in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

• Main Author: Pugh, Heather Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 2002
• Subjects: Austral; Victoria Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Lake Hoare; Antarc*; Antarctica; National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6104

This thesis is part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MCM) Long-Tern Ecological Research (LTER) study in Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. With the exception of the ice-covered lakes, there is little liquid water present in the valleys for most of the year. Chemical weathering is thought to occur more r...