Yedoma Ice Complex of the Buor Khaya Peninsula (southern Laptev Sea)

• Main Authors: Schirrmeister, Lutz, Schwamborn, Georg, Overduin, Pier Paul, Strauss, Jens, Fuchs, Margret C., Grigoriev, Mikhail, Yakshina, Irina, Rethemeyer, Janet, Dietze, Elisabeth, Wetterich, Sebastian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH 2017
• Subjects: ddc:no; Buor-Khaya; Khaya; Laptev Sea; Ice; laptev; permafrost; wedge*; Siberia
• Online Access: https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/23661/

The composition of perennially frozen deposits holds information on the palaeo-environment during and following deposition. In this study, we investigate late Pleistocene permafrost at the western coast of the Buor Khaya Peninsula in the south-central Laptev Sea (Siberia), namely the prominent easte...