Radiocarbon ages and diatom abundance in samples obtained from Qarlikturvik Valley, Bylot Island ...

• Main Authors: Ellis, Christopher James, Rochefort, Line, Gauthier, Gilles, Pienitz, Reinhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: ipy; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Bylot Island; International Polar Year; IPY; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.786400; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.786400

The formation of many arctic wetlands is associated with the occurrence of polygon-patterned permafrost. Existing scenarios to describe and explain surface landforms in arctic wetlands (low-center and high-center polygons and polygon ponds) invoke competing hypotheses: a cyclic succession (the thaw-...