Further cryostratigraphic observations in the CRREL permafrost tunnel, Fox, Alaska

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Bray, M T ^a   French, H M ^b   Shur, Y ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryostructures; Ground ice; Permafrost; Pseudomorphs; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC FLUID; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; PERMAFROST; PSEUDOMORPH; THERMOKARST;

ALASKA; FOX; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748913413     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.558     Document Type: Article

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