Aufeis of the Firth River basin, Northern Yukon, Canada: Insights into permafrost hydrogeology and karst

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 240-252

  Clark, Ian D ^a   Lauriol, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUFEIS; BASEFLOW; CARBON-13; CARBONATE; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; ICING; KARST; PERMAFROST;

CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY, FIRTH RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0030616793     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552053     Document Type: Article

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