Microbial processes in the weathering crust aquifer of a temperate glacier

<p>Incident solar radiation absorbed within the ablation zone of glaciers generates a shallow perched aquifer and seasonal icebound microbial habitat. During the melt seasons of 2014 and 2015, borehole investigations were used to examine the physical, geochemical, and microbiological propertie...

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Main Authors: B. C. Christner, H. F. Lavender, C. L. Davis, E. E. Oliver, S. U. Neuhaus, K. F. Myers, B. Hagedorn, S. M. Tulaczyk, P. T. Doran, W. C. Stone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-11-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/3653/2018/tc-12-3653-2018.pdf