Citation:

PANGAEA.974406

Name: Manually mapped retrogressive thaw slumps in West Siberia, version 0.1
Published: 2025-05-08
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Arctic; mapping; Permafrost; Retrogressive Thaw Slumps; West Siberian Arctic

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Published: 2025-05-08 • DOI registered: 2025-06-06

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Abstract:

This dataset presents a comprehensive update to the inventory of retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) in northern West Siberia, achieved through meticulous manual mapping. RTS sites were identified using high-resolution satellite basemaps from ESRI, Google Earth, and Yandex Maps, spanning multiple years and sources. The dataset includes both newly mapped locations and previously reported RTS occurrences from existing literature, allowing for a consolidated view of RTS distribution in the region. The collected data underwent rigorous manual filtering and verification, leveraging local field experience and observations from key sites to reduce uncertainty and minimize false positives. Each RTS is characterized according to a classification system that accounts for key environmental parameters, including morphology, spatial organization, terrain position, and associated geomorphic processes. This work enhances the understanding of RTS distribution and characteristics in West Siberia, offering valuable insights into regional landscape dynamics and environmental change.

Keyword(s):

Arctic; mapping; Permafrost; Retrogressive Thaw Slumps; West Siberian Arctic

Supplement to:

Nesterova, Nina; Tarasevich, Ilia; Leibman, Marina; Khomutov, Artem V; Kizyakov, Alexander; Nitze, Ingmar; Grosse, Guido (preprint): High-resolution inventory and classification of retrogressive thaw slumps in West Siberia. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-164

Project(s):

Permafrost Research (AWI_Perma)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 69.291510 * Median Longitude: 75.066547 * South-bound Latitude: 66.910670 * West-bound Longitude: 66.809218 * North-bound Latitude: 71.672349 * East-bound Longitude: 83.323876

Event(s):

RetrogresssiveThawSlumps_WestSiberia * Latitude Start: 66.910670 * Longitude Start: 66.809218 * Latitude End: 71.672349 * Longitude End: 83.323876 * Location: Western Siberia * Method/Device: Geological mapping (GEOMAP)

Comment:

Funded by "Der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) - STIBET I"

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	GIS file	GIS		Nesterova, Nina	geopackage of retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) in northern West Siberia
2	GIS file (File Size)	GIS (Size)	Bytes	Nesterova, Nina	geopackage of retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) in northern West Siberia
3	Office Open XML Workbook	XLSX		Nesterova, Nina	RTS landform classifications

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Basic curation (CurationLevelB)

Size:

2 data points

Data

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1 GIS	2 GIS (Size) [Bytes]	3 XLSX
RTS_WS_dataset_v0_1.gpkg	1.3 MBytes	RTS_WS_dataset_v0_1.xlsx