A Gas-Emission Crater in the Erkuta River Valley, Yamal Peninsula: Characteristics and Potential Formation Model

A Gas-Emission Crater in the Erkuta River Valley, Yamal Peninsula: Characteristics and Potential Formation Model

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and the abrupt degassing events that recently have formed large craters on the Russian Arctic Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas have caused major concern. Here we present field data on cover sediments and evolution of a gas-emission crater discovered in the Erkuta–Yakh...

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Main Authors: Evgeny Chuvilin, Julia Stanilovskaya, Aleksey Titovsky, Anton Sinitsky, Natalia Sokolova, Boris Bukhanov, Mikhail Spasennykh, Alexey Cheremisin, Sergey Grebenkin, Dinara Davletshina, Christian Badetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
permafrost
Yamal
talik
freezing
methane
gas emission
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/10/5/170

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