Collapse of permafrost mounds along a subarctic river over the last 100 years (northern Québec)

Geomorphology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 162-170

  Vallée, Sheila ^a   Payette, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Landform changes; Palsas; Permafrost; Subarctic; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; PALSA; PEATLAND; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PERMAFROST; RIVER WATER; SNOW COVER; THERMOKARST; WATER LEVEL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 34547566567     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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