230 Th/U dating of frozen peat, Bol'shoy Lyakhovsky Island (Northern Siberia)
Asian part of Russia ; Geochronology ; Palaeo-environment ; Peat ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Pleistocene ; Siberia ; Th/U dating
The ice-rich permafrost deposits on the coastal lowland in northeastern Siberia and on the New Siberian Islands often contain layers, lenses, and inclusions of peat that are too old to be dated by AMS. Application of 230 Th/U disequilibrium dating