Tundra lakes and permafrost, Richards Island, Western Arctic coast, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1281-1298

  Burn, Christopher R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; PERMAFROST; SNOW;

LITTORAL TERRACES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

GLACIAL LAKE; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA;

CANADA;

EID: 0036025734     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-035     Document Type: Article

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