Morphology, stratigraphy and oxygen isotope composition of fossil glacier ice at Ledyanaya Gora, Northwest Siberia, Russia

Studies of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, structure and isotope composition of a buried massive ice body and its encompassing sediments at Ledyanaya Gora in northwestern Siberia demonstrate that the ice is relict glacier ice, probably emplaced during the Early Weichselian. Characteristics of this...

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Published in:Boreas
Main Authors: VAIKMÄE, REIN, MICHEL, FREDERICK A., SOLOMATIN, VLADIMIR I.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1993
Subjects:
Geology
Archeology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Gora
glacier
Ice
permafrost
Siberia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1993.tb00180.x
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Summary:Studies of the stratigraphy, sedimentology, structure and isotope composition of a buried massive ice body and its encompassing sediments at Ledyanaya Gora in northwestern Siberia demonstrate that the ice is relict glacier ice, probably emplaced during the Early Weichselian. Characteristics of this ice body should serve as a guide for the identification of other relict buried glacier ice bodies in permafrost regions.

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