Database of Ice-Rich Yedoma Permafrost Version 2 (IRYP v2)

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Ice-rich permafrost in the circum-Arctic and sub-Arctic, such as late Pleistocene Yedoma, are especially prone to degradation due to climate change or human activity. When Yedoma deposits thaw, large amounts of frozen organic matter and biogeochemically relevant elements return into current biogeochemical cycles. Building on previous mapping efforts, the objective of this paper is to compile the first digital pan-Arctic Yedoma map and spatial database of Yedoma coverage. Therefore, we 1) synthesized, analyzed, and digitized geological and stratigraphical maps allowing identification of Yedoma occurrence at all available scales, and 2) compiled field data and expert knowledge for creating Yedoma map confidence classes. We used GIS-techniques to vectorize maps and harmonize site information based on expert knowledge.Hence, here we synthesize data on the circum-Arctic and sub-Arctic distribution and thickness of Yedoma for compiling a preliminary circum-polar Yedoma map.To harmonize the different datasets and to avoid merging artifacts, we applied map edge cleaning while merging data from different database layers. For the digitalization and spatial integration, we used Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Version: 13.0 x64), Adobe Illustrator CS6 (Version 16.0.3 x64), Avenza MAPublisher 9.5.4 (Illustrator Plug-In) and ESRI ArcGIS 10.6.1 for Desktop (Advanced License). Generally, we followed workflow of figure 2 of the related publication (IRYP Version 2, Strauss et al 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.758360).We included a range of attributes for Yedoma areas based on lithological and stratigraphic information from the source maps and assigned three different confidence levels of the presence of Yedoma (confirmed, likely, or uncertain). Using a spatial buffer of 20 km around mapped Yedoma occurrences, we derived an extent of the Yedoma domain. Our result is a vector-based map of the current pan-Arctic Yedoma domain that covers approximately 2,587,000 km², whereas Yedoma deposits are found within 480,000 km² of this region. We estimate that 35% of the total Yedoma area today is located in the tundra zone, and 65% in the taiga zone. With this Yedoma mapping, we outlined the substantial spatial extent of late Pleistocene Yedoma deposits and created a unique pan-Arctic dataset including confidence estimates.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.940078
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.758360
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VT1Q89
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131078
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892310
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.758728
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/land10050462
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927292
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.861733
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Creator Strauss, Jens ORCID logo; Laboor, Sebastian ORCID logo; Schirrmeister, Lutz ORCID logo; Fedorov, Alexander N ORCID logo; Fortier, Daniel ORCID logo; Froese, Duane G ORCID logo; Fuchs, Matthias ORCID logo; Günther, Frank ORCID logo; Grigoriev, Mikhail N ORCID logo; Harden, Jennifer W ORCID logo; Hugelius, Gustaf ORCID logo; Jongejans, Loeka Laura ORCID logo; Kanevskiy, Mikhail Z ORCID logo; Kholodov, Alexander L; Kunitsky, Viktor; Kraev, Gleb ORCID logo; Lozhkin, Anatoly V; Rivkina, Elizaveta ORCID logo; Shur, Yuri; Siegert, Christine; Spektor, Valentin; Streletskaya, Irina; Ulrich, Mathias (ORCID: 0000-0002-1337-252X); Vartanyan, Sergey L ORCID logo; Veremeeva, Alexandra ORCID logo; Walter Anthony, Katey M ORCID logo; Wetterich, Sebastian ORCID logo; Zimov, Nikita S ORCID logo; Grosse, Guido ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2022
Funding Reference Seventh Framework Programme https://doi.org/10.13039/100011102 Crossref Funder ID 338335 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/338335 Rapid Permafrost Thaw in a Warming Arctic and Impacts on the Soil Organic Carbon Pool
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 1124 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-138.638W, 61.664S, 117.171E, 76.164N); East Siberian Sea; Batagay, Yakutia; Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, NE Siberia; Buor Khaya; Sakha Republic, Russia; Kotelnii Island, NE Siberia; Alaska North Slope; Duvanny Yar, Yakutia; Kolyma Lowland, NE Siberia; Lake El'gene Kyuele, central Siberian Plateau; Itkillik River Outcrop, Alaskan North Slope; Seward Peninsula, Alaska; Arctic Ocean; Kurungnakh Island, Lena Delta, Siberia; Lena Delta, Siberia, Russia; Lena Delta, NE Siberia; Kytalyk, Indigirka lowlands, Siberia; Chukotka, Russia; Cape Mamontov Klyk, Laptev Sea; Aldan River outcrop Mamontova Gora; Central Yakutia; Lena-Anabar Lowland, NE Siberia; Muostakh Island, Laptev Sea; Yana-Indigirka Lowland, NE Siberia; NW Chukotka; Sobo Sise Island, Lena Delta; Stolbovoy Island, NE Siberia; Syrdakh, Central Yakutia; Tabaga, Central Yakutia
Temporal Coverage Begin 1976-06-30T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z