Sensitivity of permafrost to climate warming in Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada

Volumn , Issue 579, 2004, Pages 1-24

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CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; PERMAFROST; THAWING; WARMING;

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