Hydrogeomorphic Relations Among Soil Pipes, Flow Pathways, and Soil Detachments Within A Permafrost Hillslope

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-114

  Carey, Sean K ^a   Woo, Ming ko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hillslope; Permafrost; Runoff; Soil piping; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; HILLSLOPE; PERMAFROST; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SNOWMELT;

CANADA;

EID: 0038457555     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.2.95     Document Type: Article

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