Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments

Author(s)

• Siegert, Martin J.
• Kennicutt, Mahlon C.
• Bindschadler, R. A. (Robert A.)

Bibliographic Information

Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments

Martin J. Siegert, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, Robert A. Bindschadler, editors

（Geophysical monograph, 192）

American Geophysical Union, c2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 192. Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments is the first volume on this important and fascinating subject. With its underlying theme of bridging existing knowledge to future research, it is a benchmark in the history of subglacial lake exploration and study, containing up-to-date discussions about the history and background of subglacial aquatic environments and future exploration. The main topics addressed are identification, location, physiography, and hydrology of 387 subglacial lakes; protocols for environmental stewardship and protection of subglacial lake environments; details of three programs aiming to explore Vostok Subglacial Lake, Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, and Whillans Subglacial Lake over the next 3-5 years; assessment of technological requirements for exploration programs based on best practices for environmental stewardship and scientific success; and knowledge of subglacial lakes as habitats for microbial life and as recorders of past climate and ice sheet change. Its uniqueness, breadth, and inclusiveness will appeal to microbiologists and those interested in life in extreme environments, paleoclimatologists and those interested in sedimentary records of past changes, glaciologists striving to understand how water beneath glaciers affects their flow, and those engaged in developing technology to undertake direct measurement and sampling of extreme environments on Earth and in the solar system.

Table of Contents

Preface Martin J. Siegert, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, and Robert A. Bindschadler vii Section I: History and Background Subglacial Aquatic Environments: A Focus of 21st Century Antarctic Science Mahlon C. Kennicutt II and Martin J. Siegert 1 The Identification and Physiographical Setting of Antarctic Subglacial Lakes: An Update Based on Recent Discoveries Andrew Wright and Martin J. Siegert 9 Antarctic Subglacial Lake Discharges Frank Pattyn 27 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 Martin J. Siegert, Sergey Popov, and Michael Studinger 45 Microbial Communities in Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments Mark Skidmore 61 Subglacial Lake Sediments and Sedimentary Processes: Potential Archives of Ice Sheet Evolution, Past Environmental Change, and the Presence of Life M. J. Bentley, P. Christoffersen, D. A. Hodgson, A. M. Smith, S. Tulaczyk, and A. M. Le Brocq 83 The Geomorphic Signature of Massive Subglacial Floods in Victoria Land, Antarctica David R. Marchant, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, and David E. Sugden 111 Subglacial Environments and the Search for Life Beyond the Earth Charles S. Cockell, Elizabeth Bagshaw, Matt Balme, Peter Doran, Christopher P. McKay, Katarina Miljkovic, David Pearce, Martin J. Siegert, Martyn Tranter, Mary Voytek, and Jemma Wadham 129 Section III: Future Exploration Missions Environmental Protection and Stewardship of Subglacial Aquatic Environments Peter T. Doran and Warwick F. Vincent 149 Probe Technology for the Direct Measurement and Sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake Matthew C. Mowlem, Maria-Nefeli Tsaloglou, Edward M. Waugh, Cedric F. A. Floquet, Kevin Saw, Lee Fowler, Robin Brown, David Pearce, James B. Wyatt, Alexander D. Beaton, Mario P. Brito, Dominic A. Hodgson, Gwyn Griffiths, M. Bentley, D. Blake, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. Cockell, H. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. Hindmarsh, E. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, J. Parnell, J. Priscu, A. Rivera, N. Ross, M. J. Siegert, A. Smith, A. Tait, M. Tranter, J. Wadham, B. Whalley, and J. Woodward 159 Vostok Subglacial Lake: Details of Russian Plans/Activities for Drilling and Sampling Valery Lukin and Sergey Bulat 187 Siple Coast Subglacial Aquatic Environments: The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling Project Helen Amanda Fricker, Ross Powell, John Priscu, Slawek Tulaczyk, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Brent Christner, Andrew T. Fisher, David Holland, Huw Horgan, Robert Jacobel, Jill Mikucki, Andrew Mitchell, Reed Scherer, and Jeff Severinghaus 199 Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field Campaigns N. Ross, M. J. Siegert, A. Rivera, M. J. Bentley, D. Blake, L. Capper, R. Clarke, C. S. Cockell, H. F. J. Corr, W. Harris, C. Hill, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, D. A. Hodgson, E. C. King, H. Lamb, B. Maher, K. Makinson, M. Mowlem, J. Parnell, D. A. Pearce, J. Priscu, A. M. Smith, A. Tait, M. Tranter, J. L. Wadham, W. B. Whalley, and J. Woodward 221 AGU Category Index 235 Index 237

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Details

• NCID: BB07007836
• ISBN:
  • 9780875904825
• LCCN: 2011007605
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 246 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GC461
  • DC22 : 551.48/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Subglacial lakes -- Antarctica -- History
  • LCSH : Subglacial lakes -- Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration
  • LCSH : Subglacial lakes -- Polar regions -- History
  • LCSH : Subglacial lakes -- Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration
  • LCSH : Aquatic ecology -- Antarctica
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00442691