Isotopic Study on Saline Lakes in Antarctica
In order to understand the origin of saline lakes in the southern Victoria Land, Soya Coast, and Vestfold Hills, the hydrogen and oxygen isotopic ratios of lake waters were measured. The relationship between the two isotopic ratios in these lakes shifted from that of meteoric water in the direction...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:e5696e88a70f4ac4b09a0fec2527889f 2023-05-15T14:04:10+02:00 Isotopic Study on Saline Lakes in Antarctica Osamu MATSUBAYA Hitoshi SAKAI Tetsuya TORII 1977-03-01 https://doi.org/10.15094/00007927 https://doaj.org/article/e5696e88a70f4ac4b09a0fec2527889f en other eng National Institute of Polar Research doi:10.15094/00007927 0085-7289 2432-079X https://doaj.org/article/e5696e88a70f4ac4b09a0fec2527889f undefined Antarctic Record, Iss 58, p 276 (1977) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 1977 fttriple https://doi.org/10.15094/00007927 2023-01-22T18:11:20Z In order to understand the origin of saline lakes in the southern Victoria Land, Soya Coast, and Vestfold Hills, the hydrogen and oxygen isotopic ratios of lake waters were measured. The relationship between the two isotopic ratios in these lakes shifted from that of meteoric water in the direction of enrichment in ^O. This suggests that these lakes are in steady state balance with respect to mass and isotopic ratios between melt-water input and kinetic evaporation. In the southern Victoria Land, it is estimated that the inflow of melt water from glaciers might have begun at 5,800 years ago in the west lobe of Lake Bonney, 1,500 years ago in the east lobe of Lake Bonney, and 1,200 years ago in the Lake Vanda, respectively, on the basis of diffusion model for the mixing between the saline layer and the fresh water layer. The relationship of Na^+/Mg^ and Cl^-/Br^- to Cl^- content indicates that the salts in these lakes might have come from sea water, except for Lake Vanda and Don Juan Pond the compositions of which cannot be explained by the direct sea water origin. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Victoria Land Unknown Bonney ENVELOPE(162.417,162.417,-77.717,-77.717) Don Juan Pond ENVELOPE(161.183,161.183,-77.567,-77.567) Lake Bonney ENVELOPE(-25.588,-25.588,-80.361,-80.361) Lake Vanda ENVELOPE(161.600,161.600,-77.517,-77.517) Vanda ENVELOPE(161.550,161.550,-77.533,-77.533) Vestfold Vestfold Hills Victoria Land |
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In order to understand the origin of saline lakes in the southern Victoria Land, Soya Coast, and Vestfold Hills, the hydrogen and oxygen isotopic ratios of lake waters were measured. The relationship between the two isotopic ratios in these lakes shifted from that of meteoric water in the direction of enrichment in ^O. This suggests that these lakes are in steady state balance with respect to mass and isotopic ratios between melt-water input and kinetic evaporation. In the southern Victoria Land, it is estimated that the inflow of melt water from glaciers might have begun at 5,800 years ago in the west lobe of Lake Bonney, 1,500 years ago in the east lobe of Lake Bonney, and 1,200 years ago in the Lake Vanda, respectively, on the basis of diffusion model for the mixing between the saline layer and the fresh water layer. The relationship of Na^+/Mg^ and Cl^-/Br^- to Cl^- content indicates that the salts in these lakes might have come from sea water, except for Lake Vanda and Don Juan Pond the compositions of which cannot be explained by the direct sea water origin. |
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Osamu MATSUBAYA Hitoshi SAKAI Tetsuya TORII |
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Osamu MATSUBAYA Hitoshi SAKAI Tetsuya TORII |
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Isotopic Study on Saline Lakes in Antarctica |
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Isotopic Study on Saline Lakes in Antarctica |
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Isotopic Study on Saline Lakes in Antarctica |
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Isotopic Study on Saline Lakes in Antarctica |
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Isotopic Study on Saline Lakes in Antarctica |
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isotopic study on saline lakes in antarctica |
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National Institute of Polar Research |
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1977 |
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https://doi.org/10.15094/00007927 https://doaj.org/article/e5696e88a70f4ac4b09a0fec2527889f |
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ENVELOPE(162.417,162.417,-77.717,-77.717) ENVELOPE(161.183,161.183,-77.567,-77.567) ENVELOPE(-25.588,-25.588,-80.361,-80.361) ENVELOPE(161.600,161.600,-77.517,-77.517) ENVELOPE(161.550,161.550,-77.533,-77.533) |
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Bonney Don Juan Pond Lake Bonney Lake Vanda Vanda Vestfold Vestfold Hills Victoria Land |
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Bonney Don Juan Pond Lake Bonney Lake Vanda Vanda Vestfold Vestfold Hills Victoria Land |
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Antarc* Antarctica Victoria Land |
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