OSL age determination of the Batagay thaw slump, Northeastern Siberia, link to file in Microsoft Excel format@en

We describe the stratigraphical, cryolithological: and geochronological characteristics of a permafrost sequence near Batagay in the Siberian Yana Highlands, the interior of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. The recently formed Batagay mega-thaw slump exposes permafrost deposits to a depth of up to 80m and gives insight into a climate record close to Verkhoyansk, which has the most severe continental climate in the Northern Hemisphere. […]