A first pan-arctic assessment of the influence of glaciation, permafrost, topography and peatlands on northern hemisphere lake distribution

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Smith, Laurence C ^a   Sheng, Yongwei ^a   MacDonald, Glen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; GIS; Glaciation; Global change; Hydrology; Lakes; LGM; Peatlands; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIATION; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; TOPOGRAPHY; ZONATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 34250752364     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.581     Document Type: Article

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