Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments

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Geodynamics of Lake Evolution

The distribution of subglacial lakes is determined by the availability of water and basins to collect water.

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Subglacial Hydrology

The location of subglacial lakes suggests that hydrologic processes at the basal interface of ice sheets are important.

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Limnology and Biogeochemistry

Limnological conditions are one determinant of the viability and identity of microbes in subglacial environments .

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Ice Sheet Dynamics

Subglacial water and fluxes of water beneath the ice affects ice sheet and ice stream dynamics.

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Microbial Life, Evolution and Adaptation

The darkness and isolation of subglacial environments constrains the energy and chemicals available for primary production.

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Paleoclimate Records

The key to understanding the origins and evolution of subglacial lake environments is likely in subglacial sedimentary sequences.

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Global Climate Connections

Drainages of subglacial lakes and linkages to ice streams suggest that sub-ice water is an under-appreciated elment of the earth system.

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What is SALE?

SALE - Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments - is a Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) program that brings together an international confederation of scientists dedicated to understanding the interplay of biological, geological, chemical, glaciological, and physical processes within subglacial environments.

New Article by A. Salamatin et al. 2008 -" Ice flow line modeling and ice core data interpretation: Vostok Station (East Antarctica)"

Tuesday, July 22

Russia opens network of automatic weather stations in Antarctica

Tuesday, July 22

Nature News: Russia delays Lake Vostok drill

Tuesday, July 22

Large subglacial lake beneath the Laurentide Ice Sheet inferred from sedimentary sequences

Monday, June 30

Will Exploration Threaten Antarctic's 15-Million Year Old Lake?

Monday, June 30

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