Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments (eBook)

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

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2013 | 1. Auflage
246 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-67231-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

Martin J. Siegert FRSE is a British glaciologist, a professor at Imperial College London, and co-director of the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment. Mahlon C. Kennicutt II is the editor of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments, published by Wiley.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.4.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Geophysical Monograph Series
• Reihe/Serie: Geophysical Monograph Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: earth sciences • Geowissenschaften • Groundwater & Hydrogeology • Grundwasser u. Hydrogeologie • Quartärforschung, Glaziologie • Quartärforschung, Glaziologie • Quaternary Science & Glaciology
• ISBN-10: 1-118-67231-3 / 1118672313
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-67231-0 / 9781118672310