Recent advances (2010–2019) in the study of taliks

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: O’Neill, H. Brendan, Roy‐Leveillee, Pascale, Lebedeva, Liudmila, Ling, Feng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Talik; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2050; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.2050; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.2050; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ppp.2050

Abstract Taliks are bodies or layers of unfrozen ground in permafrost areas. Recent research on taliks has been driven largely by the potential for release of greenhouse gases as taliks expand, and engineering challenges associated with thawing permafrost. Observations of talik configuration and dev...