Thermokarst sediments and sedimentary structures, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Author: Murton, Julian B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2001
• Subjects: G0001 Geography (General); Arctic; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst; wedge*
• Online Access: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11034/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00072-2

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...