OSL age determination and sedimentological characteristics of the Batagay thaw slump, Northeastern Siberia ...

• Main Authors: Ashastina, Kseniia, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Fuchs, Margret C, Kienast, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Tundra-Steppe Project at Senckenberg Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology TUNDRA-STEPPE; Ice; permafrost; Sakha; Sakha Republic; Tundra; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.877346; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.877346

Syngenetic permafrost deposits formed extensively on and around the arising Beringian subcontinent during the Late Pleistocene sea level lowstands. Syngenetic deposition implies that all material, both mineral and organic, freezes parallel to sedimentation and remains frozen until degradation of the...