Characteristics and significance of the transition zone in drained thaw-lake basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 406-417

  Bockheim, J G ^a   Hinkel, K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Active layer; Alaska; Arctic soils; Frozen ground; Permafrost; Transition layer

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; TRANSITION ZONE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31844449555     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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