Active Layer Dynamics Near Norilsk, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Valery Grebenets I., Vasily Tolmanov A., Dmitry Streletskiy A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Geographical Society 2021
• Subjects: Active Layer Thickness (ALT); permafrost; thaw subsidence; CALM (Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring) program; Russia; Taymyr Peninsula; Norilsk; Taymyr; Active layer monitoring; Active layer thickness; Arctic; Arctic and Alpine Research; Ice; norilsk; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; Polar Geography; Polar Research; Taimyr; Siberia
• Online Access: https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/2179; https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2021-073

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...