Yedoma Ice Complex of the Buor Khaya Peninsula (southern Laptev Sea)

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: L. Schirrmeister, G. Schwamborn, P. P. Overduin, J. Strauss, M. C. Fuchs, M. Grigoriev, I. Yakshina, J. Rethemeyer, E. Dietze, S. Wetterich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Buor-Khaya; Khaya; Laptev Sea; Ice; laptev; permafrost; wedge*; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1261-2017; https://doaj.org/article/295cad7b6fc642619037a47c0924d875

The composition of perennially frozen deposits holds information on the palaeo-environment during and following deposition. In this study, we investigate late Pleistocene permafrost at the western coast of the Buor Khaya Peninsula in the south-central Laptev Sea (Siberia), namely the prominent easte...