Impact processes, permafrost dynamics, and climate and environmental variability in the terrestrial Arctic as inferred from the unique 3.6 Myr record of Lake El'gygytgyn, Far East Russia - A review

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Wennrich, V., Andreev, A., Tarasov, P. E., Fedorov, G., Zhao, W., Gebhardt, C., Meyer-Jacob, C., Snyder, J. A., Nowaczyk, N. R., Schwamborn, Georg, Chapligin, B., Anderson, P. M., Lozhkin, A. V., Minyuk, P. S., Koeberl, C., Melles, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Ice; permafrost; Beringia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/41966/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48809

Lake El'gygytgyn in Far East Russia is a 3.6 Myr old impact crater lake. Located in an area that has never been affected by Cenozoic glaciations nor desiccation, the unique sediment record of the lake represents the longest continuous sediment archive of the terrestrial Arctic. The surrounding...