Thermosolutal Convection in Saline Lakes in the Dry Valleys

• Main Author: Yuki YUSA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1977
• Subjects: geo; envir; Bonney; Lake Bonney; Lake Vanda; Miers; Vanda; Victoria Land
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007914; https://doaj.org/article/506212fd6ae446aeb2af81d8d7eb32d4

Thermosolutal stratifications in some saline lakes in the Dry Valleys, Victoria Land are examined from the viewpoint of thermosolutal convection. It is concluded that thermosolutal convection develops in Lakes Vanda and Miers, while the molecular process is predominant in Lake Bonney east lobe. Osci...