Batagay megaslump: A review of the permafrost deposits, Quaternary environmental history, and recent development

• Main Authors: Julian Murton, Thomas Opel, Sebastian Wetterich, Kseniia Ashastina, Grigoriy Savvinov, Petr Danilov, Vasily Boeskorov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Geology; Physical geography and environmental geoscience; gullies; permafrost; retrogressive thaw slumping; thermal erosion; thermokarst; 37 Earth Sciences; 3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 3705 Geology; 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Geography; Canada; The Gully; Ice; taiga; Thermokarst; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Batagay_megaslump_A_review_of_the_permafrost_deposits_Quaternary_environmental_history_and_recent_development/25898014

The Batagay megaslump, in the Yana Uplands of northern Yakutia, Russia, is the largest known retrogressive thaw slump in the world. The slump exposes a remarkable sequence of Ice Age permafrost deposits that record the interaction of colluvial, eolian and periglacial processes on a hillslope episodi...