Spatial and temporal observations of seasonal thaw in the Northern Kolyma Lowland

Polar Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 308-325

  Fyodorov Davydov, D G ^a   Sorokovikov, V A ^a   Ostroumov, V E ^a   Kholodov, A L ^a   Mitroshin, I A ^a   Mergelov, N S ^b   Davydov, S P ^c   Zimov, S A ^c   Davydova, A I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; SEASONALITY; THAWING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 21444458483     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/789610208     Document Type: Article

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