SALSA Abstracts


SALSA Meeting Abstracts

Here are references to talks and posters related to the SALSA project which have been presented at professional meetings and scientific conferences. Links to the actual abstracts are provided when possible.

2019

ISAES Abstracts

Subglacial Carbon Pathways: A SALSA and WISSARD Sedimentary Perspective. R. A. Venturelli, B. E. Rosenheim, K. Roush, A. Michaud, J. Priscu, M. Skidmore, J. Dore, W. Li, A. Leventer, and the SALSA Science Team

Physical properties of a draining subglacial lake. M. R. Siegfried, H. A. Fricker, C. Gustafson, K. Key, A. Leventer, J. Dore, B. Huber, K. Mankoff, J. Priscu, B. Rosenheim, and the SALSA Science Team

Chemical Weathering and Meltwater Sources in Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Christopher B. Gardner1, W. Berry Lyons1, Thomas H. Darrah1, Erica L. Maletic1, Joel D. Barker1, Mark Skidmore2, Wei Li3, John E. Dore3, Trista Vick-Majors4, Martyn Tranter5, Alexander B. Michaud6, John C. Priscu3 and The SALSA Science TeamEvidence for Siple Coast Deglacial Processes: A Subglacial Sediment Perspective. Venturelli, Rosenheim, Roush, Michaud, Priscu, Skidmore, Dore, Lei, Leventer, SALSA Science Team

Challenges and successes coring sediment from Mercer Subglacial Lake. Brad E. Rosenheim, Jim Broda, Al Gagnon, Amy Leventer, Mark Skidmore, Brent Christner, John Priscu, SALSA Science Team

AGU Abstracts

New Insights into Microbial Ecosystems in Antarctic Subglacial Lake Environment. Wei Li, Trista J. Vick-Majors, Joel Barker, John E. Dore, O. Kim, August J. Steigmeyer, Mark L. Skidmore, Christina L. Davis, Brent C. Christner, John C. Priscu, the SALSA Science Team, and the WISSARD Science Team

Physical and chemical characterization of sediments from Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica. T. D. Campbell, M. O. Patterson, M. L. Skidmore, A. Leventer, A. B. Michaud, B. E. Rosenheim, D. Harwood, J. E. Dore, M. Tranter, R. A. Venturelli, , J. C. Priscu, and the SALSA Science Team

Microbial communities in hydrologically active subglacial lakes of the Siple Coast, West Antarctica. Christina L. Davis, Amanda M. Achberger, Brent C. Christner, John E. Dore, Trista J. Vick-Majors, Alexander B. Michaud, Wei Li, and the SALSA Science Team

Methane pools and dynamics within the subglacial “wetlands” of West Antarctica. John E. Dore, Christina L. Davis, Brent C. Christner, Wei Li, Alexander B. Michaud, Mark L. Skidmore, Martyn Tranter, John C. Priscu and the SALSA Science Team

Physiological ecology of microbial communities in Antarctic subglacial aquatic environments. Trista J. Vick-Majors, Wei Li, Joel Barker, Mark L. Skidmore, John E. Dore, Christina L. Davis, Brent C. Christner, John C. Priscu, and the SALSA Science Team

Anatomy of a draining subglacial lake. M. R. Siegfried, H. A. Fricker, C. Gustafson, K. Key, A. Leventer, J. E. Dore, B. Huber, K. Mankoff, J. Priscu, B. Rosenheim, and the SALSA Science Team

SALSA: An Integrated Program Focusing on Carbon Transformations in Mercer Subglacial Lake located ~1100 m beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. John C Priscu , Joel D Barker , Timothy Campbell , Brent Craig Christner , Christina Davis , John E Dore , Helen Amanda Fricker , Chris Gardner , David M Harwood , Amy Leventer , Wei Li , William B Lyons , Alexander B Michaud , Molly Patterson , Brad E Rosenheim , Matthew R Siegfried , Mark L Skidmore , Martyn Tranter , Ryan Venturelli , Trista Vick-Majors , Bob Zook and the SALSA Science Team

Subglacial Antarctic Lakes: What they tell us about the exploration of Ocean Worlds Beyond Earth. John C Priscu , Rohit Bhartia , Michael Malaska , Evan J Eshelman , William Abbey , Kris Zacny , Wei Li , Kevin P Hand , Alexander B Michaud , Brad E Rosenheim , Mark L Skidmore , Trista Vick-Majors and the WATSON AND SALSA SCIENCE TEAMS

A tale of two lakes – contrasting weathering regimes in proximal subglacial Antarctic systems. Mark L. Skidmore, Chris Gardner, August J. Steigmeyer, Matt Siegfried, Joel Barker, John E. Dore, Beatriz Gill Olivas, Jon Hawkings, W. Berry Lyons, Martyn Tranter, John C. Priscu, & the SALSA Science Team

A Dynamic Holocene Grounding Line: In situ sedimentary evidence from Whillans and Mercer ice streams, West Antarctica. R. A. Venturelli, B. E. Rosenheim, A. Leventer, D. Harwood, M. Patterson, T. Campbell, M. Siegfried, H. Fricker, SALSA Science Team, WISSARD Science Team

3300 Feet Beneath the Ice: The Exploration to a Subglacial Lake in Antarctica. Kathy Kasic, Billy Collins, and the SALSA Science Team

International Visual Sociology Association Abstract

Visual Impressions of an Icy Field Camp in Antarctica
. Kathy Kasic and the SALSA Science Team

WAIS Workshop:

Subglacial Sediments Spanning Scales: A Process-To-Paleo Perspective. R. A. Venturelli, M. R. Siegfried, T. Campbell, H. Fricker, D.Harwood, A. Leventer, A. B. Michaud, M. Patterson, B. E. Rosenheim, M. Skidmore, SALSA Science Team

AbSciCon Abstract

Life Below an Ice Sheet: Mercer Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica. Christina L. Davis , Wei Li, Tristy Vick-Majors, Joel D. Barker, Alexander Michaud, John E. Dore, Matthew Siegfried, Martyn Tranter, Mark Skidmore, Christopher B. Gardner, Ryan Venturelli, Timothy Campbell, Molly Patterson, Amy Leventer, David Harwood, Brad E. Rosenheim, John C. Priscu and Brent C. Christner, and the SALSA Science Team

Visible Evidence Abstract

Sensory Vérité Impressions of a Field Camp on a Remote Antarctic Ice Sheet. Kathy Kasic and the SALSA Science Team

2018

Priscu, J.C., Michaud, A.B., Skidmore, M.L., Vick-Majors, T.J., Dore, J.E., Christner, B.C. (2018) Importance of winter and seasonality in aquatic systemsAssociation for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) 2018 Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, June, 2018

Priscu, J.C. (2018) Aquatic ecosystems beneath Antarctic IceThe 24th International Symposium on Polar Sciences: 30 Years of footsteps in Antarctica: Looking back and looking forward. Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Republic of Korea, May 29-30, 2018 

Skimore, M. L. (2018) Subglacial lake exploration in Antarctica- A new frontier in the cryosphereLecture, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2018.

2017

Priscu, J.C. (2017) The hidden world beneath earth’s polar ice sheetsThe Harrington STEM Lectures, State University of New York, New Paltz. 28 February 2017.

Skidmore, M.L. (2017) Subglacial lake exploration- A new frontier in the cryosphereInstitute for Advanced Studies, Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor Public Lecture, University of Bristol, UK, June 6, 2017