Hydrological and Biogeochemical Modeling of Taylor Valley Lakes, East Antarctica

• Main Author: Obryk, Maciej K.
• Other Authors: Doran, Peter, Dombard, Andrew, Kenig, Fabien, Plotnick, Roy, McKay, Chris
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctica; Limnology; Polar desert; Austral; East Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Dome; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; ice core; polar desert
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/18909

Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica contains three perennially ice-covered lakes located in closed basins. The lakes respond to climatic changes on seasonal and decadal scales due to their existence on a very narrow climatic spectrum. The climate has to be sufficiently warm during th...