Temporal Variations in Physical and Chemical Features of Cryoconite Holes on Canada Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Fountain, Andrew G., Nylen, Thomas H., Tranter, Martyn, Bagshaw, Elizabeth A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2008
• Subjects: McMurdo Dry Valleys (Antarctica); Glaciers > Antarctica > McMurdo Dry Valleys; Meltwater > Antarctica > McMurdo Dry Valleys; Ablation (Aerothermodynamics); Environmental Sciences; Glaciology; Canada; Canada Glacier; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier*
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geog_fac/14; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=geog_fac

Cryoconite holes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys are ice-lidded, thus isolating the pools of water from the atmosphere and from potential surface melt. Hourly measurements of ice and water temperature and water electrical conductivity (EC) were recorded to broadly characterize the physical and chemical c...