Depositional dynamics in the El'gygytgyn Crater margin: implications for the 3.6 Ma old sediment archive

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: G. Schwamborn, G. Fedorov, N. Ostanin, L. Schirrmeister, A. Andreev, the El'gygytgyn Scientific Party
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Environmental protection; TD169-171.8; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Crater Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1897-2012; https://doaj.org/article/2d6b3b6d65d24b6c855ce28ba7acdb76

The combination of permafrost history and dynamics, lake level changes and the tectonical framework is considered to play a crucial role for sediment delivery to El'gygytgyn Crater Lake, NE Russian Arctic. The purpose of this study is to propose a depositional framework based on analyses of the...