Properties of permafrost soils on the Northern Seward Peninsula, Northwest Alaska

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1629-1639

  Höfle, Claudia ^a   Ping, Chien Lu ^a   Kimble, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; SOIL PROPERTY; TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; SEWARD PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032442501     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200060021x     Document Type: Article

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