Using ground-penetrating radar to detect permafrost degradation in the northern limit of permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-219

  Wu, Tonghua ^a   Li, Shuxun ^a   Cheng, Guodong ^a   Nan, Zhuotong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic warming; Ground penetrating radar survey; Permafrost degradation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; PERMAFROST;

CLIMATIC WARMING; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; PERMAFROST TABLE; SPORADIC PERMAFROST AREA;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MELTING; PERMAFROST;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 13444287718     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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