Permafrost and ground temperature regimes: A challenging soil classification problem in low arctic and alpine environments

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 101, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-9

  Thorn, Colin E ^a   Darmody, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Arctic; Permafrost; Soil classification; Temperature regime

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

JOTUNHEIMEN; KARKEVAGGE; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037001514     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2002.10649461     Document Type: Article

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