Radium isotope fingerprinting of permafrost ‐ applications to thawing and intra‐permafrost processes

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Yishai Weinstein, Dotan Rotem, Henk Kooi, Yoseph Yechieli, Jurgen Sültenfuß, Yael Kiro, Yehudit Harlavan, Mor Feldman, Hanne H. Christiansen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Adventdalen; Svalbard; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1999

Permafrost in circum‐polar regions has been recently undergoing thawing, with severe environmental consequences, including the release of greenhouse gases and amplification of global warming. Although highly important, direct methods of tracking thawing hardly exist. In a research study conducted at...