Permafrost destabilization and thermokarst following snow fence installation, Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 530-539

  Hinkel, Kenneth M ^a   Hurd Jr , John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE; PERMAFROST; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THAWING; THERMOKARST;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845416855     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[530:PDATFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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