New permafrost formed in peat hummocks (pounus), Finnish lapland

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-373

  Seppälä, Matti ^a  

^a Laboratory of Physical Geography   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Peat hummock (ponunus); Permafrost formation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PEAT; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PERMAFROST;

(NORTH); FINLAND;

EID: 0344507186     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199810/12)9:4<367::aid-ppp300>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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