Recent contributions to the study of past permafrost

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-194

  French, Hugh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geocryology; Past permafrost; Periglacial geomorphology; Permafrost; Pleistocene; Relict permafrost

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; PREDICTION;

EID: 47149101785     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.614     Document Type: Review

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