THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF MINOR CATIONS WITHIN ANTARCTICA STREAM WATER: DETERMINING THE ROLE OF THE HYPORHEIC ZONE

• Main Author: Saelens, Elsa
• Other Authors: Lyons, Berry
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Ohio State University 2017
• Subjects: Geochemistry; Hydrology; Minor cations; Antarctica; Anderson Creek; Austral; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Von Guerard Stream; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/86983

The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, are a polar desert containing ephemeral streams driven by glacial meltwater that flow 4–12 weeks in the austral summer. These streams contain a shallow area of porous sediment known as the hyporheic zone where there is rock-water interaction and water can be temp...