Keywords:
Subglacial lakes -- Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781118672310
Series Statement:
Geophysical Monograph Series ; v.192
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1184224
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Section I: History and Background -- Subglacial Aquatic Environments: A Focus of 21st Century Antarctic Science -- The Identification and Physiographical Setting of Antarctic Subglacial Lakes: An Update Based on Recent Discoveries -- Antarctic Subglacial Lake Discharges -- Section II: Vostok Subglacial Lake and Recognition of Subglacial Aquatic Environments -- Vostok Subglacial Lake: A Review of Geophysical Data Regarding Its Discovery and Topographic Setting -- Microbial Communities in Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments -- Subglacial Lake Sediments and Sedimentary Processes: Potential Archives of Ice Sheet Evolution, Past Environmental Change, and t -- The Geomorphic Signature of Massive Subglacial Floods in Victoria Land, Antarctica -- Subglacial Environments and the Search for Life Beyond the Earth -- Section III: Future Exploration Missions -- Environmental Protection and Stewardship of Subglacial Aquatic Environments -- Probe Technology for the Direct Measurement and Sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake -- Vostok Subglacial Lake: Details of Russian Plans/Activities for Drilling and Sampling -- Siple Coast Subglacial Aquatic Environments: The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling Project -- Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field Campaigns -- AGU Category Index -- Index.
