Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands
Ice-wedge polygons are common features of northeastern Siberian lowland periglacial tundra landscapes. To deduce the formation and alternation of ice-wedge polygons in the Kolyma Delta and in the Indigirka Lowland, we studied shallow cores, up to 1.3 m deep, from polygon center and rim locations. Th...
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ftubpotsdam:oai:kobv.de-opus4-uni-potsdam:42660 2024-05-19T07:49:39+00:00 Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands Schirrmeister, Lutz (Dr.) Bobrov, Anatoly Raschke, Elena Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.) Strauss, Jens Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna Wetterich, Sebastian 2019-05-29 application/pdf https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/42660 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-426603 https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-42660 https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/42660/pmnr719.pdf eng eng https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/42660 urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-426603 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-426603 https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-42660 https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/42660/pmnr719.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ddc:550 ddc:570 Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät postprint doc-type:article 2019 ftubpotsdam https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-42660 2024-04-30T23:32:08Z Ice-wedge polygons are common features of northeastern Siberian lowland periglacial tundra landscapes. To deduce the formation and alternation of ice-wedge polygons in the Kolyma Delta and in the Indigirka Lowland, we studied shallow cores, up to 1.3 m deep, from polygon center and rim locations. The formation of well-developed low-center polygons with elevated rims and wet centers is shown by the beginning of peat accumulation, increased organic matter contents, and changes in vegetation cover from Poaceae-, Alnus-, and Betula-dominated pollen spectra to dominating Cyperaceae and Botryoccocus presence, and Carex and Drepanocladus revolvens macro-fossils. Tecamoebae data support such a change from wetland to open-water conditions in polygon centers by changes from dominating eurybiontic and sphagnobiontic to hydrobiontic species assemblages. The peat accumulation indicates low-center polygon formation and started between 2380 +/- 30 and 1676 +/- 32 years before present (BP) in the Kolyma Delta. We recorded an opposite change from open-water to wetland conditions because of rim degradation and consecutive high-center polygon formation in the Indigirka Lowland between 2144 +/- 33 and 1632 +/- 32 years BP. The late Holocene records of polygon landscape development reveal changes in local hydrology and soil moisture. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra University of Potsdam: publish.UP |
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ddc:550 ddc:570 Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Schirrmeister, Lutz (Dr.) Bobrov, Anatoly Raschke, Elena Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.) Strauss, Jens Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna Wetterich, Sebastian Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands |
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Ice-wedge polygons are common features of northeastern Siberian lowland periglacial tundra landscapes. To deduce the formation and alternation of ice-wedge polygons in the Kolyma Delta and in the Indigirka Lowland, we studied shallow cores, up to 1.3 m deep, from polygon center and rim locations. The formation of well-developed low-center polygons with elevated rims and wet centers is shown by the beginning of peat accumulation, increased organic matter contents, and changes in vegetation cover from Poaceae-, Alnus-, and Betula-dominated pollen spectra to dominating Cyperaceae and Botryoccocus presence, and Carex and Drepanocladus revolvens macro-fossils. Tecamoebae data support such a change from wetland to open-water conditions in polygon centers by changes from dominating eurybiontic and sphagnobiontic to hydrobiontic species assemblages. The peat accumulation indicates low-center polygon formation and started between 2380 +/- 30 and 1676 +/- 32 years before present (BP) in the Kolyma Delta. We recorded an opposite change from open-water to wetland conditions because of rim degradation and consecutive high-center polygon formation in the Indigirka Lowland between 2144 +/- 33 and 1632 +/- 32 years BP. The late Holocene records of polygon landscape development reveal changes in local hydrology and soil moisture. |
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Schirrmeister, Lutz (Dr.) Bobrov, Anatoly Raschke, Elena Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.) Strauss, Jens Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna Wetterich, Sebastian |
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Schirrmeister, Lutz (Dr.) Bobrov, Anatoly Raschke, Elena Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.) Strauss, Jens Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna Wetterich, Sebastian |
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Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands |
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Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands |
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Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands |
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Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands |
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Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands |
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late holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern siberian coastal lowlands |
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