Syngenetic permafrost growth: Cryostratigraphic observations from the CRREL tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-347

  Shur, Yuri ^a   French, H M ^b   Bray, M T ^a   Anderson, D A ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c US Army Cold Region Res Eng Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cryostructures; Ground ice; Syngenetic permafrost; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

PERMAFROST; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMOKARST;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144284134     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.486     Document Type: Article

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