Climate warming and active layer thaw in the boreal and tundra environments of the Mackenzie Valley

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-743

  Woo, Ming Ko ^a   Mollinga, Michael ^a   Smith, Sharon L ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; PERMAFROST; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THAWING;

CLIMATE WARMING; NEAR-SURFACE GROUND TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CLIMATE FORCING; PEAT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; THAWING; TUNDRA;

CANADA; MACKENZIE VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 34848830447     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-121     Document Type: Article

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