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MIS 3–2 PALEO-WINTER TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS OBTAINED FROM STABLE WATER ISOTOPE RECORDS OF RADIOCARBON-DATED ICE WEDGES OF THE BATAGAY ICE COMPLEX (YANA UPLAND, EASTERN SIBERIA)

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Yurij Vasil’chuk Open the ORCID record for Yurij Vasil’chuk [Opens in a new window] ,
Jessica Vasil’chuk Open the ORCID record for Jessica Vasil’chuk [Opens in a new window] ,
Nadine Budantseva Open the ORCID record for Nadine Budantseva [Opens in a new window]  and
Alla Vasil’chuk Open the ORCID record for Alla Vasil’chuk [Opens in a new window]
Yurij Vasil’chuk
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Department of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
Jessica Vasil’chuk
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
Nadine Budantseva
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
Alla Vasil’chuk*
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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*Corresponding author. Email: alla-vasilch@yandex.ru
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Abstract

The recently formed Batagay mega-thaw slump exposes permafrost deposits to a depth of up to 92 m below ground surface and provides insight into the climate record in the region of the most severe continental climate in the Northern Hemisphere. Radiocarbon and stable isotope data were obtained to verify the age of ice wedges in the Batagay yedoma (upper Ice Complex in the local cryostratigraphy), and to deduce paleoclimate information. A millennial-scale resolution paleotemperature record from radiocarbon-dated ice wedges spans Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 3–2. The Batagay mean January air paleo-temperature during the 44.9–42 and 30.8–27.1 cal ka BP periods was stable cold has been reconstructed to about –51 ± 3°C each.

Keywords

ice wedgesmean January paleotemperatureradiocarbon ageyedoma
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Radiocarbon , Volume 64 , Issue 6: 3rd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference Gliwice, Poland, July 5–9, 2021 , December 2022 , pp. 1403 - 1417
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Selected Papers from the 3rd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Gliwice, Poland, 5–9 July 2021

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