Relations between slow slope processes and active-layer thickness 1972-2002, Kapp Linné, Svalbard

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-128

  Akerman, H Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active layer; Arctic summer climate; Permafrost; Slope processes; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; PERMAFROST; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

EID: 20644448199     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950510038386     Document Type: Article

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