An englacial hydrologic system of brine within a cold glacier: Blood Falls, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

An englacial hydrologic system of brine within a cold glacier: Blood Falls, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Taylor Glacier hosts an active englacial hydrologic system that feeds Blood Falls, a supraglacial outflow of iron-rich subglacial brine at the terminus, despite mean annual air temperatures of −17°C and limited surface melt. Taylor Glacier is an outlet glacier of the East Antarctic ice sheet that te...

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Main Authors: JESSICA A. BADGELEY, ERIN C. PETTIT, CHRISTINA G. CARR, SLAWEK TULACZYK, JILL A. MIKUCKI, W. BERRY LYONS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
Subjects:
Antarctic glaciology
glacier hydrology
radio echo sounding
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143017000168/type/journal_article

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