Water and sediment properties at Polar Fox Lagoon ...

• Main Authors: Angelopoulos, Michael, Overduin, Pier Paul, Westermann, Sebastian, Tronicke, Jens, Strauss, Jens, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Biskaborn, Boris K, Maximov, Georgy M, Liebner, Susanne, Grigoriev, Mikhail N, Kitte, Axel, Grosse, Guido
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: electrical resistivity; Permafrost; sediment; submarine; subsea; Temperature; Permafrost Research AWI_Perma; Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems @ AWI AWI_Envi; Arctic; Guido; Maksimov; Strauss; Talik; Tiksi; Ice; permafrost; polar fox; Thermokarst; Tiksi Bay; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.907479; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.907479

As the Arctic coast erodes, it drains thermokarst lakes, transforming them into lagoons, and, eventually, integrates them into subsea permafrost. Lagoons represent the first stage of a thermokarst lake transition to a marine setting and possibly more saline and colder upper boundary conditions. In t...