Unravelling the complex geological evolution of one of Earth’s final remaining frontiers: East Siberia
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record East Siberia represents one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on the planet, home to the coldest permanently inhabited settlement on Earth (Oymyakon), where temperatures frequently...
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ftunivexeter:oai:ore.exeter.ac.uk:10871/124397 2024-09-15T18:30:03+00:00 Unravelling the complex geological evolution of one of Earth’s final remaining frontiers: East Siberia Barnet, JSK Steiner, BM 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/10871/124397 https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12336 en eng Wiley / Geologists' Association / Geological Society Vol. 37 (1), pp. 12-17 doi:10.1111/gto.12336 http://hdl.handle.net/10871/124397 1365-2451 Geology Today © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Geologists' Association & The Geological Society of London 2022-01-26 Under embargo until 26 January 2022 in compliance with publisher policy http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved Siberia Siberian Platform Eastern Former Soviet Union Palaeogeography Tectonics Article 2021 ftunivexeter https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12336 2024-07-29T03:24:13Z This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record East Siberia represents one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on the planet, home to the coldest permanently inhabited settlement on Earth (Oymyakon), where temperatures frequently fall below –50°C in winter. Geological investigations in this part of northern Asia are severely hampered by thick permafrost, a lack of infrastructure, vast tracts of barren uninhabited rough terrain, and political challenges. However, the rocks buried below the freezing tundra and taiga of this remote land provide evidence of an interesting and diverse geological history, including vast hypersaline salt basins, voluminous volcanic eruptions, Himalayan-style mountain ranges, and extensive swamps. Following a comprehensive study of publically available literature, the majority published in Russian language and challenging to obtain in the UK, we aim to decipher the diverse and complicated geological history of this remote region over the past 1650 million years. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost taiga Tundra Siberia University of Exeter: Open Research Exeter (ORE) Geology Today 37 1 12 17 |
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This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record East Siberia represents one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on the planet, home to the coldest permanently inhabited settlement on Earth (Oymyakon), where temperatures frequently fall below –50°C in winter. Geological investigations in this part of northern Asia are severely hampered by thick permafrost, a lack of infrastructure, vast tracts of barren uninhabited rough terrain, and political challenges. However, the rocks buried below the freezing tundra and taiga of this remote land provide evidence of an interesting and diverse geological history, including vast hypersaline salt basins, voluminous volcanic eruptions, Himalayan-style mountain ranges, and extensive swamps. Following a comprehensive study of publically available literature, the majority published in Russian language and challenging to obtain in the UK, we aim to decipher the diverse and complicated geological history of this remote region over the past 1650 million years. |
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