Physical properties, downhole logging and seismic data from deep drilling in Lake Elgygytgyn, Chukotka, NE Siberia initial results

• Main Authors: Gebhardt, Catalina, Wennrich, V., Kück, J., Niessen, Frank, Melles, M., El'gygytgyn Scientific Party
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Crater Lake; Chukotka; Climate change; Ice; Magnetic susceptibility; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/22095/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.34364

Lake El'gygytgyn is an impact crater lake that formed 3.6 million years ago in Chukotka, northeastern Siberia. The lake has a mean diameter of 12 km and is bowl-shaped with a maximum water depth of approximately 170 m. At present, the lake is ice covered most of the year with an ice-free period...