Isotopic composition of syngenetic ice wedges and palaeoclimatic reconstruction, western Taymyr, Russian Arctic

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Streletskaya, Irina ^a   Vasiliev, Alexander ^b   Meyer, Hanno ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b EARTH CRYOSPHERE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ice wedge; Late Quaternary; Palaeo environmental reconstruction; Permafrost; Stable isotopes; Syngenetic ice wedges; Western Taymyr

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERMAFROST; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WINTER;

KRASNOYARSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TAYMYR;

EID: 79952036603     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.707     Document Type: Article

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