Thermocirque on the Yamal Peninsula
Specific form due to thawing of tabular ground ice impaled with ice wedges. Such thermocirques are widely distributed in tundra of central Yamal Peninsula. Climate warming in this region since 2012 caused their increased activity.
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- Europe (3707)
- Eastern Europe (446)
- Russian Federation (220)
- Exact location (68.7177 E, 70.1024 N)
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Taken on 27
August
2013
Submitted on 28 February 2017
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Artem Khomutov (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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