Holocene thermokarst and pingo development in the Kolyma Lowland (NE Siberia)

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Wetterich, Sebastian, Schirrmeiste, Lutz, Nazarova, Larisa B., Palagushkina, Olga, Bobrov, Anatoly, Pogosyan, Lilit, Savelieva, Larisa, Syrykh, Liudmila, Matthes, Heidrun, Fritz, Michael, Günther, Frank, Opel, Thomas, Meyer, Hanno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: ddc:530; Institut für Physik und Astronomie; Kolyma; Talik; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst; wedge*; Siberia
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/52618; https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1979

Ground ice and sedimentary records of a pingo exposure reveal insights into Holocene permafrost, landscape and climate dynamics. Early to mid-Holocene thermokarst lake deposits contain rich floral and faunal paleoassemblages, which indicate lake shrinkage and decreasing summer temperatures (chironom...