The Influence of Föhn Winds on Glacial Lake Washburn and Palaeotemperatures in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, During the Last Glacial Maximum

• Main Authors: Obryk, Maciej, Doran, Peter, Waddington, Ed, McKay, Chris
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2017
• Subjects: McMurdo Dry Valleys (Antarctica) > Environmental conditions; Evolutionary paleoecology > Antarctica; Paleoclimatology > Antarctica; Antarctica > Hydrologic models; Föhn; Geology; Antarctic; Glacial Lake; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Dome; Washburn; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geology_fac/112; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=geology_fac

Large glacial lakes, including Glacial Lake Washburn, were present in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) despite a colder and drier climate. To address the mechanism capable of generating enough meltwater to sustain these large lakes, a conceptual model was de...