Spatial analyses of thermokarst lakes and basins in Yedoma landscapes of the Lena Delta

Distinctive periglacial landscapes have formed in late-Pleistocene ice-rich permafrost deposits (Ice Complex) of northern Yakutia, Siberia. Thermokarst lakes and thermokarst basins alternate with ice-rich Yedoma uplands. We investigate different thermokarst stages in Ice Complex deposits of the Lena...

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Main Authors: A. Morgenstern, G. Grosse, F. Günther, I. Fedorova, L. Schirrmeister
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-10-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/849/2011/tc-5-849-2011.pdf