The soil geochemistry in the Beardmore Glacier region, Antarctica : implications for terrestrial ecosystem history

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Lyons, W. Berry, Deuerling, Kelly, Welch, Kathleen A., Welch, Susan A., Michalski, Gregory, Walters, Wendell W., Nielsen, Uffe N. (R17023), Wall, Diana H., Hogg, Ian D., Adams, Byron J.
• Other Authors: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (Host institution)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: U.K., Nature Publishing Group 2016
• Subjects: XXXXXX - Unknown; soil chemistry; Beardmore Glacier (Antarctica); Last Glacial Maximum; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Cloudmaker; Ebony Ridge; Meyer Desert; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:36043; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26189

Although most models suggest continental Antarctica was covered by ice during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) it has been speculated that endemic species of soil invertebrates could have survived the Pleistocene at high elevation habitats protruding above the ice sheets. We analyzed a series of soil...