Formation of oriented thaw lakes by thaw slumping

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; LAKE EVOLUTION; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; SLUMPING; THAWING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750329907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000158     Document Type: Article

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