Effects of climate on the active layer and permafrost on the north slope of Alaska, U.S.A.

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-67

  Zhang, T ^a,b   Osterkamp, T E ^a   Stamnes, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active layer; Alaska; Climate; Modelling; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002085034     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199701)8:1<45::AID-PPP240>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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