Late Holocene ice-wedge polygon dynamics in northeastern Siberian coastal lowlands

Ice-wedge polygons are common features of northeastern Siberian lowland periglacial tundra landscapes. To deduce the formation and alternation of ice-wedge polygons in the Kolyma Delta and in the Indigirka Lowland, we studied shallow cores, up to 1.3 m deep, from polygon center and rim locations. Th...

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Main Authors: Lutz Schirrmeister, Anatoly Bobrov, Elena Raschke, Ulrike Herzschuh, Jens Strauss, Luidmila A. Pestryakova, Sebastian Wetterich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1462595