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Radiocarbon Age and Stable Oxygen Isotopes in Holocene Ice Wedges on the Coast of Baydarata Bay: Reconstruction of the January Paleotemperature

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For the first time, AMS radiocarbon dating was used to date microinclusions of organic material extracted directly from Holocene syngenetic ice wedges in the Noprthern European part of Russia, on the coast of Baydarata Bay near the village of Yarynskaya, 500 m south of the mouth of the Ngarka-Tambyakha River (68°51′20.27″ N, 66°52′6.51″ E). Dated ice wedges formed about 6.4, 5.0, and 1.9 ka BP. According to isotope oxygen data, the average January air paleotemperature in the Middle and Late Holocene on the coast of Baydarata Bay was calculated. It is shown that the average January air temperature during this period here varied from about −20 to −25°C. However, during milder winters it could have been about −18°C.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to V.S. Isaev, I.A. Agapkin, R.M. Amanzhurov, E.I. Gorshkov, and R.B. Sobin for help in conducting the fieldwork.

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This work was conducted within the framework of a project of the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 23-17-00082: cryostratigraphic, soil, and geochemical studies). Isotope measurements were performed at the Center for X-ray Diffraction Studies at the Research Park of St. Petersburg State University (XRD Center SPbU) within the framework of the GZ program no. AAAA-A19-119091190094-6.

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    Yu. K. Vasil’chuk, N. A. Budantseva, A. P. Ginzburg, A. C. Vasil’chuk & J. Yu. Vasil’chuk

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Vasil’chuk, Y.K., Budantseva, N.A., Tokarev, I.V. et al. Radiocarbon Age and Stable Oxygen Isotopes in Holocene Ice Wedges on the Coast of Baydarata Bay: Reconstruction of the January Paleotemperature. Dokl. Earth Sc. 513, 1385–1389 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X23602225

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