Stratigraphy of Lake Vida, Antarctica: hydrologic implications of 27 m of ice

Dugan, H. A.; Doran, P. T.; Wagner, B.; Kenig, F.; Fritsen, C. H.; Arcone, S. A.; Kuhn, E.; Ostrom, N. E.; Warnock, J. P.; Murray, A. E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-439-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-439-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-439-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

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04 Mar 2015

Research article |

| 04 Mar 2015

Stratigraphy of Lake Vida, Antarctica: hydrologic implications of 27 m of ice

H. A. Dugan, P. T. Doran, B. Wagner, F. Kenig, C. H. Fritsen, S. A. Arcone, E. Kuhn, N. E. Ostrom, J. P. Warnock, and A. E. Murray

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RC C1650: 'Review of the Paper: “27m of lake ice on an Antarctic lake reveals past hydrologic variability” by H. A. Dugan, et al..', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Aug 2014
RC C2312: 'Review of manuscript The Cryosphere Discussions 8, 4127-4157, 2014: Dugan et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Nov 2014
AC C2608: 'Author Response', Hilary Dugan, 09 Dec 2014

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Short summary

Lake Vida is one of the largest lakes in the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, and has the thickest known ice cover of any lake on Earth. For the first time, Lake Vida was drilled to a depth of 27m. With depth the ice cover changes from freshwater ice to salty ice interspersed with thick sediment layers. It is hypothesized that the repetition of sediment layers in the ice will reveal climatic and hydrologic variability in the region over the last 1000--3000 years.