Radiocarbon dates from Central Yakutia, v.1.0

• Main Author: Tananaev, Nikita
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2021
• Subjects: 40303 Geochronology; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Geology; 40601 Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution; 40603 Hydrogeology; Paleoclimatology; 40606 Quaternary Environments; 40310 Sedimentology; Aldan; Gora; Khara; Ice; permafrost; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14261372; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Radiocarbon_dates_from_Central_Yakutia_v_1_0/14261372

Quaternary history of Central Yakutia, including permafrost history, is still a major challenge for the researchers in the region. The origin and development of ice-rich permafrost, referenced as 'Ice Complex', is debated. Further discussion is fuelled by the evident reaction of this extremely particular cryoarid environment of Central Yakutia to the ongoing and forecasted climate change. This dataset compiles 254 14 C dates from Central Yakutia. Significant part of the collection was published in 1970s and 1980s by the researchers of Melnikov Permafrost Institute SB RAS. Multiple dates (n = 25) are compiled for the extensively studied Mamontova Gora outcrop on the Aldan R., and the Khara-Bulgunnyakh alas site, where repeated surveys were performed in 2010s after major studies in the 1980s. [Upd] The Google Earth kmz file marks the majority of referenced locations.