Observations on permafrost ground thermal regimes from Antarctica and the Italian Alps, and their relevance to global climate change

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Mauro, Guglielmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active Layer; Climate Change; Paleoclimate; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST;

ALPS; ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0346361797     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00106-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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