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CALM SITE R55A |
Bely island (sand) |
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Site code |
R55A |
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Site name |
Bely island
(sand) |
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CAPS I
Metadata form |
N/A |
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CAPS II
Metadata form |
N/A |
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Site
Photograph (link) |
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Responsible
for data submission |
Pavel Orekhov |
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Email
Address |
orekhov.eci”at”gmail.com |
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Institution/Organization |
Earth Cryosphere Institute Tyumen
Scientific Centre SB RAS |
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Location
description |
West
Siberia |
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Location
Lat. |
73 deg 19 min 43 sec N |
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Location
Lon. |
70 deg 05 min 18 sec E |
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Elevation
avg. (m) |
3,4 |
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Methods
Grid |
25 |
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Methods
Other |
Air
temperature, Soil temperature, Snow thickness |
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Landscape
Description |
Holocene
marine terraces, gentle slope |
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Vegetation
/Classification |
Micropolygonal forbs-dwarf-willow (Salix polaris) – moss tundra |
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Soils (or
Material) |
Typic
Molliturbel
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Thaw depth
measurements (year started)
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2009 |
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Air temp.
measurements (year started) |
1934 |
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Snow cover
measurements (year started) |
1934 |
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soil temp. measurements (year started) |
2009 |
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soil
moisture measurements (year started) |
N/A |
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general description
of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated) |
Dry |
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soil
texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thickness of
organic layer (cm) |
organic
layer thickness till 4 cm in interpoligon
crack’s , sand |
SITE DESCRIPTION
This site is located on the Bely
island on an edge part I marine terrace. Its altitude ranges from 3 to 7
meters. The embedded 25 × 25 m CALM site lies in the 2.8-3.7 m altitude
range. The upper part of the lithological section on the site is composed of
sands. The surface is covered with
spotted-fractured forb-dwarf willow (Salix polare)-racomitrium-gymnomitrion tundra with a small-polygonal nano-relief, outlined by a moss Racomytrium
lanuginosum. The surface of the knobs is cracked,
covered with a crust of hepatic moss Gymnomitrion corallioides and lichens (crustose lichen is prevail). The total thickness of the organic cover (moss,
lichen, peat) is 3-5 cm in interpoligon cracks.
SOIL
DESCRIPTION:
(predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’,
‘peat’, etc.):
Typic
Molliturbel
SAMPLING
DESIGN AND METHOD:
25x25
m grid consists of a square array of surveyed permanent stakes separated by 5
m, yielding a 6 × 6 array of sampling nodes on each grid. Thaw depth was
conducted thrice by manual probing at each stake. The three values for each
sampling point are averaged, yielding a maximum of 36 data points per grid per
probing date.
REFERENCES:
Khitun, O.V., Ermokhina, K.A., Leibman, M.O., Khomutov, A.V. 2011. Plant species
indicating the depth of active layer on the Bely Island. Proc. of the Fourth Conference of Russian Geocryologists. Moscow, Russia, June 7-9, 2011, V.3, M., University Books Press,
2011, P. 350–356 (In Russian).
Leibman M.O., Moskalenko N.G., Orekhov P.T., Khomutov A.V., Gameev I.A., Hitun O.V.,
Walker D., Epstein H. 2011. Interactions of cryogenic and biota
components of geosystems in Western Siberia
permafrost zone on transect "Yamal". Polar cryosphere and waters
of a land. M.: Paulsen, 171-192 (in Russian).
Walker,
D.A., Orekhov, P., Frost, G.V., Matyshak,
G., Epstein, H.E., Leibman, M.O., Khitun,
O., Khomotov, A., Daanen,
R., Gobroski, K., Maier, H.A. 2009. The 2009 Yamal Expedition to Ostrov Belyy and Kharp, Yamal Region,
Russia. AGC
Data Report. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK,
63 pp
Below are links to data,
pictures etc.
Site photo1
Site photo2
Site photo3
