Observing a Catastrophic Thermokarst Lake Drainage in Northern Alaska

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Benjamin M. Jones, Christopher D. Arp
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Mackay; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst; wedge*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1842

The formation and drainage of thermokarst lakes have reshaped ice‐rich permafrost lowlands in the Arctic throughout the Holocene. North of Teshekpuk Lake, on the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska, thermokarst lakes presently occupy 22.5% of the landscape, and drained thermokarst lake basins oc...