Past and present permafrost as an indicator of climate change

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-274

  French, Hugh M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST;

EID: 0033505122     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00303.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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