Ice-rich permafrost thaw under sub-aquatic conditions

• Main Authors: Angelopoulos, Michael, Overduin, Pier Paul, Creighton, Andrea Lauren-Taylor, Parsekian, Andrew D., Jones, Benjamin M., Grosse, Guido, Arp, Christopher D., Lenz, Josefine, Westermann, Sebastian
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Talik; Alaska North Slope; Ice; north slope; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/45110/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51296

Degradation of sub-aquatic permafrost can release large quantities of methane into the atmosphere, impact offshore drilling activities, and affect coastal erosion. The degradation rate depends on the duration of inundation, warming rate, sediment characteristics, the coupling of the bottom to the at...