Meromictic Antarctic lakes as recorders of climate change: the structures of Ace and Organic Lakes, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

• Published in: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
• Main Authors: Gibson, JAE, Burton, HR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; RST; Van Diemens Land; natural history; science; ecology; taxonomy; botany; zoology; geology; geography; papers & proceedings; Australia; UTAS Library; Antarctic; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Ace Lake; Organic Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14434/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14434/4/1996-Gibson-Meromictic.pdf

The meromictic lakes that occur in closed, rocky basins of the Vestfold Hills provide records of local climate change. From a consideration of the physical structure of these stratified lakes it is apparent that maximum winter under-ice water salinity (associated with minimum water temperatures) is...