Freezing of the active layer on the coastal plain of the Alaskan Arctic

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-44

  Osterkamp, T E ^a   Romanovsky, V E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Active layer; Microbes; Permafrost; Thermal diflusivity; Trace gases; Unfrozen water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003252679     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199701)8:1<23::aid-ppp239>3.0.co;2-2     Document Type: Article

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