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DEEP LAKE, CAPE BARNE—ANTARCTICA 1
Author(s) -
Hendy C. H.,
Selby M. J.,
Wilson A. T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1972.17.3.0356
Subject(s) - geology , arid , shelf ice , oceanography , stratification (seeds) , cape , melt pond , physical geography , climatology , sea ice , antarctic sea ice , cryosphere , paleontology , geography , archaeology , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy , biology
Microrelief on the ice of Deep Lake, Ross Island, Antarctica, is attributed to differential ablation, and a 3.3 m high ice cone to tilting of ice blocks beneath a gravel cover of varying thickness. The temperature of the lake water beneath the ice is thought to be a result of solar heating and the chemical stratification to be an indication that there has been an arid period in the immediate past.