Rapid Saline Permafrost Thaw Below a Shallow Thermokarst Lake in Arctic Alaska

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作者
Jones, Benjamin M. [1 ]
Kanevskiy, Mikhail Z. [1 ]
Parsekian, Andrew D. [2 ,3 ]
Bergstedt, Helena [4 ]
Ward Jones, Melissa K. [1 ]
Rangel, Rodrigo C. [2 ]
Hinkel, Kenneth M. [5 ]
Shur, Yuri [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Inst Northern Engn, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
[2] Univ Wyoming, Dept Geol & Geophys, Laramie, WY USA
[3] Univ Wyoming, Dept Civil & Architectural Engn & Construct Manage, Laramie, WY USA
[4] B Geos, Korneuburg, Austria
[5] Michigan Technol Univ, Houghton, MI USA
基金
欧洲研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Arctic; geophysics; remote sensing; saline permafrost; thermokarst lakes; COASTAL-PLAIN; NORTH SLOPE; ICE; WATER; DRAINAGE; BEDFAST; SAR;
D O I
10.1029/2023GL105552
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Permafrost warming and degradation is well documented across the Arctic. However, observation- and model-based studies typically consider thaw to occur at 0 degrees C, neglecting the widespread occurrence of saline permafrost in coastal plain regions. In this study, we document rapid saline permafrost thaw below a shallow arctic lake. Over the 15-year period, the lakebed subsided by 0.6 m as ice-rich, saline permafrost thawed. Repeat transient electromagnetic measurements show that near-surface bulk sediment electrical conductivity increased by 198% between 2016 and 2022. Analysis of wintertime Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite imagery indicates a transition from a bedfast to a floating ice lake with brackish water due to saline permafrost thaw. The regime shift likely contributed to the 65% increase in thermokarst lake lateral expansion rates. Our results indicate that thawing saline permafrost may be contributing to an increase in landscape change rates in the Arctic faster than anticipated. In this study, we combine direct field measurements, near-surface geophysical studies, and remote sensing change detection to document the rapid thaw of saline permafrost below a shallow thermokarst lake on the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska. Thaw of ice-rich saline permafrost resulted in an increase in the lake depth by 0.6 m over a 15-year period. The transition from a bedfast ice lake to a floating ice lake with brackish water is responsible for the increase near-surface bulk sediment electrical conductivity and likely contributed to an increase in the lateral expansion rate of the lake. Our findings indicate that active permafrost thaw is likely occurring below shallow arctic lakes at temperatures below 0 degrees C. We document the rapid thaw and subsidence of saline permafrost below a shallow thermokarst lake in Arctic AlaskaWe hypothesize that rapid saline permafrost degradation is occurring below shallow arctic lakes at sub-zero temperaturesThawing saline permafrost may be contributing to an increase in landscape change rates in the Arctic
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