Shrinking thermokarst ponds and groundwater dynamics in discontinuous permafrost near Council, Alaska

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-160

  Yoshikawa, Kenji ^a   Hinzman, Larry D ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrology; Permafrost; Pond dynamics; Talik; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; PERMAFROST; TALIK; THERMOKARST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041313945     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.451     Document Type: Article

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