Frozen ground history at Elgygytgyn Meteorite Crater in the Russian Arctic

• Main Authors: Schwamborn, Georg, Fedorov, G., Schirrmeister, Lutz, Diekmann, Bernhard, Chapligin, Bernhard, Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Chukotka; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/20663/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.32849

Elgygytgyn Meteorite Crater in Central Chukotka holds the unique chance to trace back frozen ground conditions to the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary. The production of silt size debris, a peculiar single grain morphometry, andthe enrichment of quartz grains in the silt fraction with respect to feldsp...