Circumpolar-Active-Layer-Monitoring (CALM) sites in the Mackenzie Valley, northwestern Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-153

  Tarnocai, Charles ^a   Nixon, Mark ^b   Kutny, Les ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active layer; Canada; Ground Temperatures; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; PERMAFROST; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

CANADA; MACKENZIE VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 3242731432     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.490     Document Type: Article

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