Segregated ice structures in various heaved permafrost landforms through CT scan

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-225

  Calmels, Fabrice ^a   Allard, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Geocryology; Geomorphology; Ice segregation; Lithalsa; Permafrost mounds; Tomodensitometry

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; SNOW; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

GEOCRYOLOGY; ICE SEGREGATION; PERMAFROST MOUNDS;

PERMAFROST;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDFORMS; PERMAFROST; SNOW; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; ICE CORE; ICE MECHANICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PALSA; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 39549087446     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1538     Document Type: Article

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