Evidence for Late-Pleistocene thermokarst in the New Jersey Pine Barrens (Latitude 39°N), eastern USA

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-186

  French, Hugh M ^a   Demitroff, Mark ^b   Forman, Steve L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleistocene permafrost; Southern New Jersey; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; THERMOKARST;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PINE BARRENS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PINUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 21044452888     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.520     Document Type: Article

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