Is Vostok lake in steady state?

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Royston-Bishop, G, Tranter, M, Siegert, MJ, Lee, V, Bates, PD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Lake May; Vostok Lake; Vostok Station; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1983/1169; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/d487fdba-4b5b-4050-9aa8-ff2dcbdf742e; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756404781813853; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/3006854/s74.pdf

Stable-isotope (δD and δ18O) data from the Vostok (East Antarctica) ice core are used to explore whether or not subglacial Vostok lake is in isotopic steady state. A simple box model shows that the lake is likely to be in steady state on time-scales of the order of 104-105 years (three to four resid...