Past freeze and thaw cycling in the margin of the El'gygytgyn crater deduced from a 141 m long permafrost record

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: G. Schwamborn, H. Meyer, L. Schirrmeister, G. Fedorov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: Environmental pollution; TD172-193.5; Environmental protection; TD169-171.8; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Talik; Lake Marginal; Western Crater; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1109-2014; https://doaj.org/article/36019b1a434447f2b57f21e46bfa8e3b

The continuous sediment record from Lake El'gygytgyn in the northeastern Eurasian Arctic spans the last 3.6 Ma and for much of this time permafrost dynamics and lake level changes have likely played a crucial role for sediment delivery to the lake. Changes in the ground-ice hydrochemical compos...