Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments

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.

• PrefaceMartin J. Siegert, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, and Robert A. Bindschadler  viiSection I: History and BackgroundSubglacial Aquatic Environments: A Focus of 21st Century Antarctic ScienceMahlon C. Kennicutt II and Martin J. Siegert  1The Identification and Physiographical Setting of Antarctic Subglacial Lakes: An Update Based on Recent DiscoveriesAndrew Wright and Martin J. Siegert  9Antarctic Subglacial Lake DischargesFrank Pattyn  27Section II: Vostok Subglacial Lake and Recognition of Subglacial Aquatic EnvironmentsVostok Subglacial Lake: A Review of Geophysical Data Regarding Its Discovery and Topographic SettingMartin J. Siegert, Sergey Popov, and Michael Studinger  45Microbial Communities in Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic EnvironmentsMark Skidmore  61Subglacial Lake Sediments and Sedimentary Processes: Potential Archives of Ice Sheet Evolution,Past Environmental Change, and the Presence of LifeM. 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, AntarcticaDavid R. Marchant, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, and David E. Sugden  111 Subglacial Environments and the Search for Life Beyond the EarthCharles 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  129Section III: Future Exploration MissionsEnvironmental Protection and Stewardship of Subglacial Aquatic EnvironmentsPeter T. Doran and Warwick F. Vincent  149Probe Technology for the Direct Measurement and Sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial LakeMatthew 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  159Vostok Subglacial Lake: Details of Russian Plans/Activities for Drilling and SamplingValery Lukin and Sergey Bulat  187Siple Coast Subglacial Aquatic Environments: The Whillans Ice Stream SubglacialAccess Research Drilling ProjectHelen 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  199Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A Review of Its History and Recent Field CampaignsN. 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  221AGU Category Index 235Index  237