Ponding vs. baydzherakh formation on Yedoma uplands: Implications for modern thermokarst development and thaw subsidence in North Yakutia

• Main Authors: Günther, Frank, Grosse, Guido, Veremeeva, Alexandra, Maximov, Georgy
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Kolyma; New Siberian Islands; Anabar; Arctic Island; Olenyok; Yakshina; Active layer thickness; Ice; lena delta; permafrost; Sea ice; Thermokarst; Tundra; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42591/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42591/1/ICOP_2016_Book-of-Abstracts_858.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49208; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49208.d001

Permafrost landscapes of Northern Yakutia recently experienced a widespread warming of mean annual air temperatures and mean positive daily air temperatures during the arctic summer (Federov et al, 2014). Especially in the tundra zone this has led to increased active layer thickness (ALT) and sugges...