Rapid Saline Permafrost Thaw Below a Shallow Thermokarst Lake in Arctic Alaska

Abstract Permafrost warming and degradation is well documented across the Arctic. However, observation‐ and model‐based studies typically consider thaw to occur at 0°C, neglecting the widespread occurrence of saline permafrost in coastal plain regions. In this study, we document rapid saline permafr...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	Benjamin M. Jones, Mikhail Z. Kanevskiy, Andrew D. Parsekian, Helena Bergstedt, Melissa K. Ward Jones, Rodrigo C. Rangel, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Yuri Shur
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-11-01
Subjects:	Arctic geophysics remote sensing saline permafrost thermokarst lakes
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105552

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