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Hydrology, volume 8, issue 3, pages 106

Hydrological Connectivity in a Permafrost Tundra Landscape near Vorkuta, North-European Arctic Russia

Tananayev N.I. ¹

Isaev Vladislav ²

Sergeev Dmitry ³

Kotov Pavel ²

Komarov Oleg ²

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P.I. Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 677010 Yakutsk, Russia |

Department of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia |

Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, 101000 Moscow, Russia |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-07-22

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Journal: Hydrology

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ISSN: 23065338

DOI: 10.3390/hydrology8030106

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Hydrochemical and geophysical data collected during a hydrological survey in September 2017, reveal patterns of small-scale hydrological connectivity in a small water track catchment in the north-European Arctic. The stable isotopic composition of water in different compartments was used as a tracer of hydrological processes and connectivity at the water track catchment scale. Elevated tundra patches underlain by sandy loams were disconnected from the stream and stored precipitation water from previous months in saturated soil horizons with low hydraulic conductivity. At the catchment surface and in the water track thalweg, some circular hollows, from 0.2 to 0.4 m in diameter, acted as evaporative basins with low deuterium excess (d-excess) values, from 2‰ to 4‰. Observed evaporative loss suggests that these hollows were disconnected from the surface and shallow subsurface runoff. Other hollows were connected to shallow subsurface runoff, yielding d-excess values between 12‰ and 14‰, close to summer precipitation. ‘Connected’ hollows yielded a 50% higher dissolved organic carbon (DOC) content, 17.5 ± 5.3 mg/L, than the ‘disconnected’ hollows, 11.8 ± 1.7 mg/L. Permafrost distribution across the landscape is continuous but highly variable. Open taliks exist under fens and hummocky depressions, as revealed by electric resistivity tomography surveys. Isotopic evidence supports upward subpermafrost groundwater migration through open taliks under water tracks and fens/bogs/depressions and its supply to streams via shallow subsurface compartment. Temporal variability of isotopic composition and DOC in water track and a major river system, the Vorkuta River, evidence the widespread occurrence of the described processes in the large river basin. Water tracks effectively drain the tundra terrain and maintain xeric vegetation over the elevated intertrack tundra patches.

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Tananayev N. et al. Hydrological Connectivity in a Permafrost Tundra Landscape near Vorkuta, North-European Arctic Russia // Hydrology. 2021. Vol. 8. No. 3. p. 106.

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Tananayev N., Isaev V., Sergeev D., Kotov P., Komarov O. Hydrological Connectivity in a Permafrost Tundra Landscape near Vorkuta, North-European Arctic Russia // Hydrology. 2021. Vol. 8. No. 3. p. 106.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.3390/hydrology8030106

UR - https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fhydrology8030106

TI - Hydrological Connectivity in a Permafrost Tundra Landscape near Vorkuta, North-European Arctic Russia

T2 - Hydrology

AU - Isaev, Vladislav

AU - Sergeev, Dmitry

AU - Kotov, Pavel

AU - Komarov, Oleg

AU - Tananayev, N.I.

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/07/22 00:00:00

PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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@article{2021_Tananayev,

author = {Vladislav Isaev and Dmitry Sergeev and Pavel Kotov and Oleg Komarov and N.I. Tananayev},

title = {Hydrological Connectivity in a Permafrost Tundra Landscape near Vorkuta, North-European Arctic Russia},

journal = {Hydrology},

year = {2021},

volume = {8},

publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)},

month = {jul},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fhydrology8030106},

number = {3},

pages = {106},

doi = {10.3390/hydrology8030106}

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Tananayev, N.I., et al. “Hydrological Connectivity in a Permafrost Tundra Landscape near Vorkuta, North-European Arctic Russia.” Hydrology, vol. 8, no. 3, Jul. 2021, p. 106. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fhydrology8030106.

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