Characterization of active layer water contents in the McMurdo Sound region, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Seybold, Cathy A., Balks, Megan R., Harms, D.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2010
• Subjects: active layer; Antarctic soil; Cryosol; Dry Valleys; Gelisols; soil moisture; Antarctic; Granite Harbour; Marble Point; McMurdo Sound; Minna Bluff; Mount Fleming; Scott Base; Victoria Valley; Wright Valley; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5047; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102010000696

The liquid soil water contents in the seasonally thawed layer (active layer) were characterized from seven soil climate monitoring sites - four coastal sites from south to north (Minna Bluff, Scott Base, Marble Point and Granite Harbour), and inland sites from low to high altitude (Wright Valley, Vi...