The glacial history of the ice-free area, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica
- 1 May 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Polar Record
- Vol. 17 (107), 129-137
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400031545
Abstract
The Victoria Valley system, Wright Valley and Taylor Valley, often referred to colloquially as the dry-valley area, together cover about 4 000 km2 in the Transantarctic Mountains west of McMurdo Sound (Fig 1) and constitute the core of the largest ice-free area in Antarctica. It is a cold desert area, with high winds, low temperatures, low precipitation, and a strong positive radiation balance (Bull, 1966).Keywords
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