Recent advances in the study of Arctic submarine permafrost

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Angelopoulos, Michael, Overduin, Pier P., Miesner, Frederieke, Grigoriev, Mikhail N., Vasiliev, Alexander A.
• Other Authors: H2020 Societal Challenges, Russian Foundation for Basic Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Climate change; Ice; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2061; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.2061; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.2061; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ppp.2061

Abstract Submarine permafrost is perennially cryotic earth material that lies offshore. Most submarine permafrost is relict terrestrial permafrost beneath the Arctic shelf seas, was inundated after the last glaciation, and has been warming and thawing ever since. As a reservoir and confining layer f...