A reinterpretation of geomorphological evidence for Glacial Lake Victoria, McMurdo Dry Valleys

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: McGowan, Hamish A., Neil, David T., Speirs, Johanna C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Victoria Valley; Antarctic; Shorelines; Mass movement; LiDAR; Glacier; 1904 Earth-Surface Processes; Glacial Lake; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Airborne Topographic Mapper; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:323513

The largely snow and ice free McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are one of the coldest and driest locations on Earth. It has been proposed that during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to the early Holocene large lakes up to 200m deep and 100km in area occupied these valleys. We present the first topog...