Thermokarst lake to lagoon transitions in eastern Siberia: Do submerged taliks refreeze?

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Angelopoulos, M., Overduin, P., Westermann, S., Tronicke, J., Strauss, J., Schirrmeister, L., Biskaborn, B., Liebner, S., Maximov, G., Grigoriev, M., Grosse, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Tiksi; Talik; Ice; permafrost; polar fox; Thermokarst; Tiksi Bay; Siberia
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5003041; https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5003041_3/component/file_5003426/5003041.pdf

As the Arctic coast erodes, it drains thermokarst lakes, transforming them into lagoons and, eventually, integrates them into subsea permafrost. Lagoons represent the first stage of a thermokarst lake transition to a marine setting and possibly more saline and colder upper boundary conditions. In th...