Active Layer Dynamics Near Norilsk, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Valery I. Grebenets, Vasily A. Tolmanov, Dmitry A. Streletskiy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2021
• Subjects: active layer thickness (alt); permafrost; thaw subsidence; calm (circumpolar active layer monitoring) program; russia; taymyr peninsula; Geography (General); G1-922; Norilsk; Taymyr; Active layer monitoring; Active layer thickness; Ice; norilsk; Taimyr; Taymyr Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2021-073; https://doaj.org/article/f21f5305607f4b0cb01538dba69362e8

This paper provides information on active layer thickness (ALT) dynamics, or seasonal thawing above permafrost, from a Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) site near the city of Norilsk on the Taimyr Peninsula (north-central Siberia) and the influences of meteorological and landscape propertie...