Thermokarst ponds as indicators of the former distribution of palsas in finnish lapland

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  Luoto, Miska ^a   Seppälä, Matti ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Finland; GIS; Palsa; Permafrost; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; PALSA; PERMAFROST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THAWING; THERMOKARST;

FINLAND;

EID: 0037250388     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.441     Document Type: Article

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