Near-surface ground ice in sediments of the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-303

  Kokelj, S V ^a   Burn, C R ^b  

^a Government of Canada   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggradational ice; Ecology; Flooding; Mackenzie Delta; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PERMAFROST; WETLAND;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BETULACEAE; PICEA; SALIX;

EID: 24944550760     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.537     Document Type: Article

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