Batagay megaslump: a review of the permafrost deposits, Quaternary environmental history, and recent development

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Murton, J., Opel, T., Wetterich, S., Ashastina, K., Savvinov, G., Danilov, P., Boeskorov, V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Canada; The Gully; Ice; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; taiga; Yakutia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-5B69-8; http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-5B6B-6

Abstract The Batagay megaslump, in the Yana Uplands of northern Yakutia, Russia, is the largest known retrogressive thaw slump in the world. The slump exposes a remarkable sequence of Ice Age permafrost deposits that record the interaction of colluvial, eolian and periglacial processes on a hillslop...