Holocene ice-wedge polygon development in northern Yukon permafrost peatlands (Canada)

• Main Authors: Fritz, Michael, Wolter, Juliane, Rudaya, Natalia, Palagushkina, Olga, Nazarova, Larisa, Obu, Jaroslav, Rethemeyer, Janet, Lantuit, Hugues, Wetterich, Sebastian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2016
• Subjects: ddc:no; Arctic; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; Subarctic; Thermokarst; wedge*
• Online Access: https://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/26510/

Ice-wedge polygon (IWP) peatlands in the Arctic and Subarctic are extremely vulnerable to climatic and environmental change. We present the results of a multidisciplinary paleoenvironmental study on IWPs in the northern Yukon, Canada. High-resolution laboratory analyses were carried out on a permafr...