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

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Schirrmeister, L., Schwamborn, G., Overduin, P., Strauss, J., Fuchs, M., Grigoriev, M., Yakshina, I., Rethemeyer, J., Dietze, E., Wetterich, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Laptev Sea; Khaya; Buor-Khaya; Ice; laptev; permafrost; wedge*; Siberia
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_2095889; https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_2095889_2/component/file_2095896/2095889.pdf

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...