Modelling geomorphic response to climatic change

Climatic Change

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 407-431

  Couture, Nicole J ^a   Pollard, Wayne H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; THAWING;

AIR TEMPERATURES; CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC; CRYOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; GROUND SURFACE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE; POLAR REGION; PREDICTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36248939800     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9309-5     Document Type: Article

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