This data package contains chemical characteristics of water samples collected along four supraglacial streams on Canada Glacier, located in Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Samples were collected during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 austral summers in order to characterize the spatial and temporal evolution of glacial meltwater as it travels over and off Canada Glacier. Samples from the 2015-16 austral summer have been fully analyzed and those data are included here.
Dataset Results
2015-12-05 to 2016-01-11
10.6073/pasta/ea75e039fb7b6314e1c555c9ff8a5009
2022
Soil communities in the McMurdo Dry Valleys are subject to many limitations, including resource limitations. However, the nutrients that are predominantly limiting to growth and diversity of soil biota are not known. Additionally, landscape history (N deposition, P weathering) and native N and P content (glacial till provenance) may influence the ability of soil communities to respond to nutrient additions or changes in nutrient availability associated with environmental change.
Date Range:
2007-01-15 to 2016-01-15
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/4da6e17a7a8d1e575241b3d79c047f08
Dataset ID:
4013
This data package contains chemical characteristics of snow in the ablation zone of Canada Glacier, located in Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica during the 2016-17 austral summer. Specifically, snow samples were collected from the ablation zones of Canada and Commonwealth Glaciers to characterize the chemistry of recent snowfall in the ablation zones of these glaciers.
Date Range:
2016-11-28
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/1aea37d5e5a449c7523684587f758b6c
Dataset ID:
2024