Thermal regime of sporadic permafrost in a block slope on Mt. Nishi-Nupukaushinupuri, Hokkaido Island, Northern Japan

Geomorphology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 121-130

  Sawada, Yuki ^a   Ishikawa, Mamoru ^b   Ono, Yugo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air circulation; Block slope; Hokkaido; Permafrost; Superimposed ice

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ICE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PERMAFROST; SLOPE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME;

JAPAN;

EID: 0038468794     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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