A sedimentological study of three saline lakes in the Dry Valleys of Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Main Author: Gumbley, John Watson
• Other Authors: Nelson, Campbell S.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waikato 2015
• Subjects: Sediments; Antarctica; Dry Valleys Region; Lake Vanda; Lake Bonney; Lake Joyce; Geology; Victoria Land; Vanda; Bonney; Taylor Glacier; Low Lake; Vanda Lake; Bonney Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9674

The Dry Valley region of Victoria Land is the largest ice-free area in Antarctica. Within the frigid arid environment of the Dry Valleys, where the mean annual air temperature is -20℃, there are several permanently ice-covered, amictic, saline lakes occupying undrained bedrock depressions. Three of...