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Created: 2015-11-23 17:24:30
Modified: 2015-11-25 08:53:24

Active: Yes
Country:United States
Site:Seward Peninsula
Site Description:Seward Peninsula, Northwestern Alaska
TC-Code:SePe-3
Responsible Countries: United States, Germany,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -09:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Guido Grosse

Installed for Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative project WALCC-02.

Real-time observatory.

Depth:3.4 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Diameter:2 cm
Deepest Sensor:3.4 m
Drilling Method:Battery-powered drill with hardened drill bits
Date Drilled:20. Jul 2012
Type:Helicopter, Floatplane, Boat
Type:None
Aspect:0 °
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Tussocky tundra in high center ice wedge polygons; tussocks 32-45 high; Ledum, Sphagnum, Eriophorum (cotton grass), Betula nana, cranberry, some lichen, herbs
Landform:Yedoma upland surrounded by thermokarst lake and drained lake basins.
Lithology:0-20cm organic rich active layer; 20-340cm ice-rich silt
Morphology:High centre ice wedge polygons
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Longitude:-165.54651 °
Latitude:66.10123 °
Elevation:35.62628174 m
EPSG:4326
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