Evolution of thermokarst in East Siberian ice-rich permafrost

• Main Authors: Morgenstern, Anne, Ulrich, Mathias, Günther, Frank, Roessler, Sebastian, Fedorova, Irina V, Rudaya, Natalia, Wetterich, Sebastian, Boike, Julia, Schirrmeister, Lutz
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: AWI_PerDyn; Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI; Ice; permafrost; The Cryosphere; Thermokarst; wedge*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848491; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.848491

Thermokarst lakes and basins are major components of ice-rich permafrost landscapes in East Siberian coastal lowlands and are regarded as indicators of regional climatic changes. We investigate the temporal and spatial dynamics of a 7.5 km**2, partly drained thermokarst basin (alas) using field inve...