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Thermokarst is a type of
terrain characterised by very
irregular surfaces of
marshy hollows and
small hummocks formed when ice-rich
permafrost thaws....
- The
Batagaika crater (russian: Батагайский кратер) is a
thermokarst depression in the
Chersky Range area. The
largest permafrost crater in the world,...
- the
Carolina bays as
relict thermokarst lakes that have been
modified by
eolian and
lacustrine processes.
Modern thermokarst lakes are
common today around...
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disappear and for
raising awareness as to the
important roles permafrost and
thermokarst lakes play in the
global carbon cycle.
According to a colleague, Sergey...
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regions of
continuous permafrost,
taliks often occur underneath shallow thermokarst lakes and rivers,
where the deep
water does not
freeze in
winter and...
- most
active and
dynamic feature of
thermokarst—the
collapse of the land
surface as
ground ice melts. They are
thermokarst slope failures due to
abrupt thawing...
- by gr****es and
other herbaceous vegetation. An alas is
different from
thermokarst depressions found elsewhere in the
Arctic in that the lake is only temporary...
- over the years.
Ideas in the 1970s were
erosion by
water or
thermokarst activity.
Thermokarst activity may have contributed, but
erosion by
water is a problematic...
- ice-rich
permafrost areas,
melting of
ground ice
initiates thermokarst landforms such as
thermokarst lakes, thaw slumps, thermal-erosion gullies, and active...
- flat and
rolling tundra. The
entire region is on
continuous permafrost.
Thermokarst lakes are common,
caused by the
freezing and
thawing of permafrost. The...
