The use of CORONA images in remote sensing of periglacial geomorphology: an illustration from the NE Siberian coast

CORONA images have been used for the mapping of periglacial features on the Bykovsky Peninsula and adjacent Khorogor Valley in northeast Siberia. Features, mapped and analysed within a geographical information system, include thermokarst depressions, thermo‐erosional valleys, thermo‐erosional cirque...

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Published in:Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Main Authors: Guido Grosse, Lutz Schirrmeister, Viktor V. Kunitsky, Hans‐Wolfgang Hubberten
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Thermokarst
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.509
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Summary:CORONA images have been used for the mapping of periglacial features on the Bykovsky Peninsula and adjacent Khorogor Valley in northeast Siberia. Features, mapped and analysed within a geographical information system, include thermokarst depressions, thermo‐erosional valleys, thermo‐erosional cirques, thermokarst lakes, thermokarst lagoons and pingos. More than 50% of the area is strongly influenced by thermally‐induced subsidence. Thermokarst in the area is probably less active today than in the early‐middle Holocene. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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