Palaeoclimate characteristics in interior Siberia of MIS 6–2: first insights from the Batagay permafrost mega-thaw slump in the Yana Highlands

Syngenetic permafrost deposits formed extensively on and around the arising Beringian subcontinent during the Late Pleistocene sea level lowstands. Syngenetic deposition implies that all material, both mineral and organic, freezes parallel to sedimentation and remains frozen until degradation of...

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Main Authors: K. Ashastina, L. Schirrmeister, M. Fuchs, F. Kienast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:https://www.clim-past.net/13/795/2017/cp-13-795-2017.pdf