Thaw depth dynamics and soil surface subsidence at a Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) site, the European North of Russia

Earth's Cryosphere

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 20-30

  Mazhitova, Galina G ^a   Kaverin, D A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Active layer thickness; Monitoring; Permafrost; Surface subsidence; Thawing index

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERMAFROST; SOIL SURFACE; SUBSIDENCE; THAWING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 38849092558     PISSN: 15607496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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