Susceptibility of permafrost soils to deep thaw after forest fires in interior Alaska, U.S.A., and some ecologic implications

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-227

  Swanson, David K ^a,b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; PERMAFROST; SLOPE; THAW; VEGETATION;

USA, ALASKA, BROOKS RANGE;

EID: 0029659947     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551763     Document Type: Article

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