Deep-seated creep of massive ground ice, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-347

  Dallimore, S R ^a   Nixon, F M ^a   Egginton, P A ^a   Bisson, J G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Creep; Ground ice; Monitoring; Permafrost; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000162792     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199610)7:4<337::aid-ppp232>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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