The active layer: Two contrasting definitions

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-416

  Burn, C R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active layer; Permafrost; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; PERMAFROST;

EID: 0032409783     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199810/12)9:4<411::AID-PPP292>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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