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        <origin>Diane M. McKnightW. Berry Lyons</origin>
        <pubdate>2015-09-12</pubdate>
        <title>Isotope Ratios for Taylor Valley Streams</title>
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        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER</pubplace>
          <publish>McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER</publish>
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        <othercit>10.6073/pasta/08380e72cd74d0bdb6533bd91a8efda4</othercit>
        <onlink>https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/isotope-ratios-taylor-valley-streams</onlink>
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      <descript>
        <abstract>As a part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER program, isotope ratios have been&#160;determined for 166 samples of stream water in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Hydrogen/deuterium&#160;isotope ratios are given for all samples, and for a subset, there are oxygen isotope ratios,&#160;and a deuterium-excess. Values are reported relative to VSMOW, +/- 1.0 per mil for hydrogen,&#160;and +/- 0.1 for oxygen.</abstract>
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            <begdate>
              <caldate>1993-09-15</caldate>
            </begdate>
            <enddate>
              <caldate>1995-04-01</caldate>
            </enddate>
          </rngdates>
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        <current>ground condition</current>
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      <status>
        <update>As needed</update>
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        <descgeog>USGS site 9; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Andersen Creek Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: andrsn_h1</descgeog>
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          <westbc>162.906356800000</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.906356800000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.622772000000</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.622772000000</southbc>
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            <altmin>78m</altmin>
            <altmax>78m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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        <descgeog>House Stream at H2Description: USGS site 10; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weirID: house_h2Provenance File Name :GPS96-97.DOC</descgeog>
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          <westbc>162.741317749023</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.741317749023</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.642982482910</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.642982482910</southbc>
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            <altmin>81m</altmin>
            <altmax>81m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>Santa Fe Stream at B2 ID: santafe_b2 USGS site 12; formerly N Taylor &amp; Hendy Stream</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>162.266662597656</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.266662597656</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.723052978516</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.723052978516</southbc>
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            <altmin>0m</altmin>
            <altmax>0m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>USGS site 1; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Canada Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: canada_f1</descgeog>
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          <westbc>163.054733300000</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.054733300000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.613655000000</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.613655000000</southbc>
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            <altmin>50m</altmin>
            <altmax>50m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>USGS site 4;coordinates taken from 1996-97GPS measurements at center of weirParent Stream: Aiken CreekProvenance : GPS96-97.DOCID: aiken_f5</descgeog>
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          <westbc>163.271942100000</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.271942100000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.602516000000</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.602516000000</southbc>
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            <altmin>20m</altmin>
            <altmax>20m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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        <descgeog>Lyons Creek at B4 ID: lyons_b4 USGS site 19</descgeog>
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          <westbc>162.274993900000</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.274993900000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.727776000000</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.727776000000</southbc>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>Andrews Creek at mouth ID: andrws_mouth</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>163.044448852539</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.044448852539</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.620834350586</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.620834350586</southbc>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>Bartlette Creek at mouth ID: bartlt_mouth</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>162.416671752930</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.416671752930</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.720832824707</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.720832824707</southbc>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>Red River art Blood Falls ID: red_bfalls</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>162.268051147461</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.268051147461</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.723335266113</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.723335266113</southbc>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>Bowles Creek at mouth ID: bowles_mouth</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>163.050003051758</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.050003051758</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.622222900391</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.622222900391</southbc>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>USGS site 6; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Crescent Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: crescent_f8</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>163.184463500000</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.184463500000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.619064000000</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.619064000000</southbc>
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            <altmin>23m</altmin>
            <altmax>23m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>USGS site 7; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Delta Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: delta_f10</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>163.108444200000</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.108444200000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.624619000000</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.624619000000</southbc>
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            <altmin>23m</altmin>
            <altmax>23m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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        <descgeog>Green Creek at F9Description: USGS site 8; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weirID: green_f9&#160;Provenance&#160;File Name :GPS96-97.DOC</descgeog>
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          <westbc>163.059753417969</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.059753417969</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.624099731445</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.624099731445</southbc>
          <boundingalt>
            <altmin>25m</altmin>
            <altmax>25m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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      <spdom>
        <descgeog>USGS site 2; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Huey Creek Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: huey_f2</descgeog>
        <bounding>
          <westbc>163.127410900000</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.127410900000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.604897000000</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.604897000000</southbc>
          <boundingalt>
            <altmin>19m</altmin>
            <altmax>19m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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        <descgeog>Harnish Creek at F7ID: harnish_f7USGS site 17</descgeog>
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          <westbc>163.232772827148</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.232772827148</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.608329772949</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.608329772949</southbc>
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        <descgeog>USGS site 16 Parent Stream: Lawson Creek id: lawson_b3</descgeog>
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          <westbc>162.269910000000</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.269910000000</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.721248000000</northbc>
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        <descgeog>Lizotte Creek at mouth ID: lizotte_mouth</descgeog>
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          <westbc>162.483337402344</westbc>
          <eastbc>162.483337402344</eastbc>
          <northbc>-77.704170227051</northbc>
          <southbc>-77.704170227051</southbc>
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        <descgeog>USGS site 3; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Lost Seal Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: lostseal_f3</descgeog>
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          <westbc>163.244400000000</westbc>
          <eastbc>163.244400000000</eastbc>
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          <southbc>-77.595268000000</southbc>
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            <altmin>25m</altmin>
            <altmax>25m</altmax>
            <altunits>meter</altunits>
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      <keywords>
        <themekt>LTER Core Areas</themekt>
        <themekey>inorganic nutrients</themekey>
      </keywords>
      <accconst>None</accconst>
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            <methtype>Field and/or Lab Methods</methtype>
            <methdesc>The samples were obtained in 3 field seasons: 1993-94, 1994-95, and 1996-97.&#160;Water samples were taken from stream channels or other proglacial sources. Many are grab&#160;samples, taken for characterizing the general signal of a particular stream. Some are samples&#160;taken as a suite of samples along a stream path, with times noted, and distance along the&#160;stream noted. The samples were analyzed by Bruce Vaughn at the Stable Isotope Lab at INSTAAR&#160;(Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research), University of Colorado. For the samples obtained&#160;during the 1993-94 year, a duplicate set was analyzed by Tyler Coplen at the US Geological&#160;Survey, in Reston, Virginia. For the analysis of hydrogen isotopes, the uranium reduction&#160;method was used at INSTAAR, and the platinum-catalyst equilibration method was used at the&#160;USGS. For oxygen isotopes, the standard CO2/H2O equilibration method was used at both labs.&#160;There was agreement between the analyses done at the two labs.&#160;</methdesc>
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            <procdesc>The samples were obtained in 3 field seasons: 1993-94, 1994-95, and 1996-97.&#160;Water samples were taken from stream channels or other proglacial sources. Many are grab&#160;samples, taken for characterizing the general signal of a particular stream. Some are samples&#160;taken as a suite of samples along a stream path, with times noted, and distance along the&#160;stream noted. The samples were analyzed by Bruce Vaughn at the Stable Isotope Lab at INSTAAR&#160;(Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research), University of Colorado. For the samples obtained&#160;during the 1993-94 year, a duplicate set was analyzed by Tyler Coplen at the US Geological&#160;Survey, in Reston, Virginia. For the analysis of hydrogen isotopes, the uranium reduction&#160;method was used at INSTAAR, and the platinum-catalyst equilibration method was used at the&#160;USGS. For oxygen isotopes, the standard CO2/H2O equilibration method was used at both labs.&#160;There was agreement between the analyses done at the two labs.&#160;</procdesc>
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            <attrdef>Sample number</attrdef>
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              <udom>Notes on sample site</udom>
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                <attrunit>permil</attrunit>
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