Icing processes associated with high Arctic perennial springs, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-68

  Pollard, Wayne H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brines; Freezing depression; High Arctic; Icings; Perennial springs

Indexed keywords

ICE FEATURE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPRING WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15844372958     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.515     Document Type: Article

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