Present-day variability and Holocene dynamics of permafrost-affected lakes in central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia) inferred from diatom records

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna, Herzschuh, Ulrike, Wetterich, Sebastian, Ulrich, Mathias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Institut für Geowissenschaften; High Lake; permafrost; Thermokarst; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35641; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.06.020

Thermokarst lakes are assumed to develop cyclically, driven by processes that are triggered by climate and maintained by internal feedbacks that may trigger lake drainage. However, the duration of these cycles remains uncertain, as well as whether or not they affect the stabilization of lake ecosyst...