Characteristics of samples obtained during Pokhodsk 2012-2013 campaigns in the joint Russian-German POLYGON Project ...

• Main Authors: Schirrmeister, Lutz, Pestryakova, Luidmila A, Schneider, Andrea, Wetterich, Sebastian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Permafrost Research Periglacial Dynamics @ AWI AWI_PerDyn; kolyma river; permafrost; Svalbard; Thermokarst; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.858643; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.858643

Polygonal tundra, thermokarst basins and pingos are common and characteristic periglacial features of arctic lowlands underlain by permafrost in Northeast Siberia. Modern polygonal mires are in the focus of biogeochemical, biological, pedological, and cryolithological research with special attention...