Near-surface permafrost degradation: How severe during the 21st century?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Delisle, Georg ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION;

PERMAFROST;

DEGRADATION; METHANE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST; TERRAIN; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 34347206320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029323     Document Type: Article

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