Periglacial Appalachia: Palaeoclimatic significance of blockfield elevation gradients, eastern USA

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Park Nelson, Kim J ^a   Nelson, Frederick E ^b   Walegur, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Blockfields; Elevation gradient; Permafrost; Spatial analysis; Virtual globes

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PERMAFROST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947100622     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.574     Document Type: Article

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