Physical Controls on the Hydrology of Perennially Ice-Covered Lakes, Taylor Valley, Antarctica (1996–2013)

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Cross, Julian M., Fountain, Andrew G., Hoffman, Matthew James, Obryk, Maciej K.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: 58 GEOSCIENCES; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica; polar desert
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1903551; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1903551; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jf006833

The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, are a polar desert populated with numerous closed-watershed, perennially ice-covered lakes primarily fed by glacial melt. Lake levels have varied by as much as 8 m since 1972 and are currently rising after a decade of decreasing. Precipitation falls as snow, so l...