Characteristics of samples obtained during Pokhodsk 2012-2013 campaigns in the joint Russian-German POLYGON Project

• Main Authors: Schirrmeister, Lutz, Pestryakova, Luidmila A, Schneider, Andrea, Wetterich, Sebastian
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: AWI_PerDyn; Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI; Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung; kolyma river; permafrost; Reports on Polar and Marine Research; Thermokarst; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.858643; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.858643

Polygonal tundra, thermokarst basins and pingos are common and characteristic periglacial features of arctic lowlands underlain by permafrost in Northeast Siberia. Modern polygonal mires are in the focus of biogeochemical, biological, pedological, and cryolithological research with special attention...