RADIOCARBON CHRONOLOGY OF HOLOCENE PALSA OF BOL’SHEZEMEL’SKAYA TUNDRA IN RUSSIAN NORTH

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Yurij Vasil’chuk, Alla Vasil’chuk, Högne Jungner, Nadine Budantseva, Julia Chizhova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Geographical Society 2013
• Subjects: palsa;permafrost;mires;North-Eastern Europe;radiocarbon; Nikita; Abez’; Bol’shezemel’skaya Tundra; Khanovey; Bugry; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic; palsa; palsas; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; Polar Science; Russian North; Tundra; Vorkuta
• Online Access: https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/139; https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2013-6-3-38-59

Six palsa mire in Usa River valley and in Vorkuta area in North-eastern part of European Russia were studied in detail. In total 75 new 14C dates from different palsa sections were obtained. In palsa mire near Bugry Settlement 3.2 m high palsa dated from 8.6 to 2.1 ka BP. The permafrost and palsa be...