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Karst processes and phenomena in the perennially frozen carbonate rocks of the middle Lena River basin
Author(s) -
Spektor V. B.,
Spektor V. V.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
permafrost and periglacial processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-1530
pISSN - 1045-6740
DOI - 10.1002/ppp.639
Subject(s) - karst , geology , permafrost , carbonate rock , structural basin , carbonate , geomorphology , geochemistry , drainage basin , hydrology (agriculture) , paleontology , sedimentary rock , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , materials science , metallurgy , cartography , geography
Various karst processes and karst phenomena at scales from the macro to the micro occur in the cryolithozone of the middle Lena River basin. Karst processes have a warming impact on the enclosing perennially cryotic rocks and favour the formation of intra‐permafrost taliks at depths ranging from a few to several tens of metres. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.