Mean January air temperatures in Siberian permafrost at 20−18 ka BP and comparison with modern values

Palaeotemperature reconstruction for the period of 20−18 ka BP in Siberia is based on δ¹⁸O analysis and ¹⁴C dating of large syngenetic ice wedges of yedoma exposures from Yamal Peninsula to Chukotka. The modern relationship between δ¹⁸O composition of ice-wedge ice and winter temperature reveals Palaeotemperature reconstruction. Snow meltwater is considered to be the main source of ice-wedge ice. In modern ice wedges during the last 60–100 years δ¹⁸O fluctuates are between −14 and −20‰ in western Siberia and between −23 and −28‰ in northern Yakutia. The trend in δ¹⁸O distribution in ice wedges dated at 20−18 ka BP is similar to the modern one. δ¹⁸O values in Late Pleistocene wedges are more negative going from the west to the east: from −19 to −25‰ in western Siberian ice wedges to −30 to −35‰ in northern Yakutia. At 20−18 ka BP mean January temperatures were about 8–12°C lower (in Chukotka up to 17–18°C) than at present.

Mean January air temperaures of the Siberian permafrost were compiled from Vasil'chuk 1992 with additions and amendments).Data were submitted and proofread by Yurij K Vasil'chuk and Lyubov Bludushkina at the faculty of Geography, department of Geochemistry of Landscapes and Geography of Soils, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.933669
PID https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.29856.d001
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12033
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Creator Vasil'chuk, Yurij K ORCID logo; Vasil'chuk, Alla Constantinovna (ORCID: 0000-0003-1921-030X)
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2021
Funding Reference Russian Foundation for Basic Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002261 Crossref Funder ID 18-05-60272 Arctic; Russian Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100006769 Crossref Funder ID 19-17-00126 https://rscf.ru/en/project/19-17-00126/ Verification and validation of Late Pleistocene paleotemperature scenario based on the stable isotope data in syngenetic ice wedges in Siberia using independent paleoclimatic models
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Language English
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Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (72.567W, 62.250S, 171.259E, 75.255N); Sakha Republic, Russia; Chukotka, Russia; Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Yamal-Nenets, Russia; Kotelny Island, Siberian, Russia; North Yakutia, Russia; Labaz Lake; Yamal Peninsula, northwestern Siberia