Spatial and temporal active layer dynamics along three glacial meltwater streams in the Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-53

  Conovitz, Peter A ^a   MacDonald, Lee H ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; EPHEMERAL STREAM; MELTWATER; PERMAFROST; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TAYLOR VALLEY;

EID: 33244467231     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0042:SATALD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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