Lantuit, Hugues; Pollard, Wayne H; Couture, Nicole; Fritz, Michael; Schirrmeister, Lutz; Meyer, Hanno; Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang (2012): Characteristics and radiocarbon ages of four retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island and King Point [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810045, Supplement to: Lantuit, H et al. (2012): Modern and late Holocene retrogressive thaw slump activity on the Yukon Coastal Plain and Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 23(1), 39-51, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1731
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Abstract:
Four retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) located on Herschel Island and the Yukon coast (King Point) in the western Canadian Arctic were investigated to compare the environmental, sedimentological and geochemical setting and characteristics of zones in active and stabilised slumps and at undisturbed sites. In general, the slope, sedimentology and biogeochemistry of stabilised and undisturbed zones differ, independent of their age or location. Organic carbon contents were lower in slumps than in the surrounding tundra, and the density and compaction of slump sediments were much greater. Radiocarbon dating showed that RTS were likely to have been active around 300 a BP and are undergoing a similar period of increased activity now. This cycle is thought to be controlled more by local geometry, cryostratigraphy and the rate of coastal erosion than by variation in summer temperatures.
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Median Latitude: 69.351695 * Median Longitude: -138.488330 * South-bound Latitude: 69.082300 * West-bound Longitude: -139.014000 * North-bound Latitude: 69.576500 * East-bound Longitude: -137.902000
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Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
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- Lantuit, H; Pollard, WH; Couture, N et al. (2012): (Table 5) Radiocarbon ages of plant macro-fossils in retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island and King Point. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810044
- Lantuit, H; Pollard, WH; Couture, N et al. (2012): (Table 1) Basic topographical and geometrical characteristics of retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island and King Point. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810040
- Lantuit, H; Pollard, WH; Couture, N et al. (2012): (Table 4) Erosion since slump initiation of retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island and King Point. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810042
- Lantuit, H; Pollard, WH; Couture, N et al. (2012): (Table 2) Shear strength, active layer depth and soil characteristics of retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island and King Point. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810041