Thermokarst sediments and sedimentary structures, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada
Abrupt climate warming during glacial–interglacial transitions promotes regional thermokarst activity in areas of ice-rich permafrost. The ensuing thaw-related processes of melt-out, soft-sediment deformation and resedimentation may produce widespread thermokarst sediments and sedimentary structures...
Published in: | Global and Planetary Change |
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Elsevier
2001
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Online Access: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11034/ https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00072-2 |