Frost boils and soil ice content: Field observations

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-307

  Overduin, P P ^a   Kane, D L ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Freezing and thawing; Frost boil; Heave; Non sorted circle; Patterned ground; Permafrost; Segregated ice; Soil thermal properties; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; ICE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERMAFROST; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845621472     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.567     Document Type: Article

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