Oxygen stable isotopes and chloride concentration in the surface waters of Taylor Valley Lakes, Antarctica, during the past 40 years Julie M. Brown*, W. B. Lyons*, K. A. Welch*, P. Doran, C. B. Dowling, D. M. McKnight, and J. C. Priscu *The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences 4 November 2012
Oxygen stable isotopes and chloride concentration in the surface waters of Taylor Valley Lakes, Antarctica, during the past 40 years. Julie M. Brown*, W. B. Lyons*, K. A. Welch*, P . Doran, C. B. Dowling, D. M. McKnight, and J. C. Priscu *The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Oxygen stable isotopes and chloride concentration in the
surface waters of Taylor Valley Lakes, Antarctica, during the
past 40 years
Julie M. Brown*, W. B. Lyons*, K. A. Welch*, P. Doran, C. B. Dowling, D. M. McKnight,
and J. C. Priscu*The Ohio State UniversitySchool of Earth Sciences
4 November 2012
Taylor Valley Lakes
162°
163°
77°4
5’
77°3
5’
• Geography
• Hydrology & meteorology
Lake Bonney
Lake Hoare
Lake
Fryxell
Andersen
Creek
Taylor Valley Lake Levels
Figure courtesy of Peter Doran, Univ. Illinois, Chicago
Year
Ch
an
ge
in la
ke
de
pth
sin
ce
Jan
ua
ry 1
972
(m
ete
rs)
’72 – ‘91
’92 – ’01*
‘02 – ‘11
* Flood year
lake level lake level
Data courtesy of Peter Doran, Univ. Illinois, Chicago
lake level lake level
Taylor Valley lakes water isotope vs. depth work
• Matsubaya et al. (1979)
• Lyons et al. (1999)
• Gooseff et al. (2006)
• 2005-2006 season courtesy of Carolyn Dowling, Ball State University
• 2011-2012 season with the aid of the MCM-LTER group “Limno Team”
Photo courtesy of A. Chiuchiolo
Annual/decadal variations in salinityand δ18O of lake surface waters
’72 – ’91: lake levels
’92 – ’02: lake levels
‘03 – ‘11: lake levels
Map
-33.7‰
-31.2‰
-29.5‰
N
Canada GlacierLakeHoare(δ18O -35.9‰ to -32.4‰)
Historical δ18O Canada Glacier ice and melt regimes to
Lake Hoare
Oxygen isotope data compiled by D. Leslie, Ohio State
Andersen Creek
December and January
Lake Hoare surface waters-35.9‰ to -32.4‰
Andersen Creek-31.2‰ to -28.4‰*
freezing (February - November)
lake ice+3‰ enrichment**
Canada Glacier
** O’Neil (1968)
glacier snow and ice
-33.7‰ to -29.5‰
Lake Hoare basin δ18O
* Anderson Creek data from 2010 and from personal communication with D. Leslie, Ohio State
Conclusions
• The Taylor Valley lake surface waters vary with time isotopically– Heterogeneous glacier ice – Degree of variability depends on hydrology– Isotopic fractionation processes vary with
climate
• Lake Hoare surface waters are getting isotopically lighter during last 5-6 years– Significant melting of the foot of Canada Glacier
relative to Andersen Creek water
Future work• Continued annual (and seasonal) collection
of lake water column isotope data
• More spatial Taylor Valley glacier ice isotope samples
• Model isotope data of streams, glaciers, and lakes (and lake ice)
Acknowledgements• This work was supported by NSF Grant
OPPP-ANT-1115245
• MCM-LTER project
• Dr. W. Berry Lyons, Kathleen Welch, Deborah Leslie, Christopher Gardner, ‘11-‘12 MCM-LTER “Limno Team”