Permafrost distribution and active-layer depths in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-227

  Bockheim, James G ^a   Campbell, Iain B ^b   McLeod, Malcolm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Land and Soil Consultancy Services   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active layer; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Permafrost type

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; COLD REGION; FROZEN GROUND; MAPPING; MIOCENE; PERMAFROST; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 34548678893     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.588     Document Type: Article

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