Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
A prominent lake formed when glaciers descending from the Kodar Range blocked the River Vitim in central Transbaikalia, Siberia. Glacial Lake Vitim, evidenced by palaeoshorelines and deltas, covered 23,500 km2 and held a volume of ~ 3000 km3. We infer that a large canyon in the area of the postulate...
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ftunivwollongong:oai:ro.uow.edu.au:smhpapers-1366 2023-05-15T14:35:56+02:00 Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean Margold, Martin Jansson, Krister N Stroeven, Arjen P Jansen, John D 2011-01-01T08:00:00Z https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers/354 unknown Research Online https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers/354 Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A flood outburst lake vitim 3000 ocean arctic km3 siberia glacial GeoQuest Medicine and Health Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences article 2011 ftunivwollongong 2020-02-25T10:56:02Z A prominent lake formed when glaciers descending from the Kodar Range blocked the River Vitim in central Transbaikalia, Siberia. Glacial Lake Vitim, evidenced by palaeoshorelines and deltas, covered 23,500 km2 and held a volume of ~ 3000 km3. We infer that a large canyon in the area of the postulated ice dam served as a spillway during an outburst flood that drained through the rivers Vitim and Lena into the Arctic Ocean. The inferred outburst flood, of a magnitude comparable to the largest known floods on Earth, possibly explains a freshwater spike at ~ 13 cal ka BP inferred from Arctic Ocean sediments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Siberia University of Wollongong, Australia: Research Online Arctic Arctic Ocean Glacial Lake ENVELOPE(-129.463,-129.463,58.259,58.259) |
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flood outburst lake vitim 3000 ocean arctic km3 siberia glacial GeoQuest Medicine and Health Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences Margold, Martin Jansson, Krister N Stroeven, Arjen P Jansen, John D Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean |
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A prominent lake formed when glaciers descending from the Kodar Range blocked the River Vitim in central Transbaikalia, Siberia. Glacial Lake Vitim, evidenced by palaeoshorelines and deltas, covered 23,500 km2 and held a volume of ~ 3000 km3. We infer that a large canyon in the area of the postulated ice dam served as a spillway during an outburst flood that drained through the rivers Vitim and Lena into the Arctic Ocean. The inferred outburst flood, of a magnitude comparable to the largest known floods on Earth, possibly explains a freshwater spike at ~ 13 cal ka BP inferred from Arctic Ocean sediments. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Margold, Martin Jansson, Krister N Stroeven, Arjen P Jansen, John D |
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Margold, Martin Jansson, Krister N Stroeven, Arjen P Jansen, John D |
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Margold, Martin |
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Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean |
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Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean |
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Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean |
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Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean |
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Glacial Lake Vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from Siberia to the Arctic Ocean |
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glacial lake vitim, a 3000-km3 outburst flood from siberia to the arctic ocean |
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2011 |
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https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers/354 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Glacial Lake |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Glacial Lake |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Siberia |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Siberia |
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Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A |
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