Changes in thaw lake drainage in the Western Canadian Arctic from 1950 to 2000

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-158

  Marsh, Philip ^a   Russell, Mark ^a   Pohl, Stefan ^a   Haywood, Heather ^a   Onclin, Cuyler ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drained thaw lake basins; Lakes; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE; MAPS; PERMAFROST; PHOTOGRAPHY; THAWING; WATER LEVELS;

ACTIVE LAYERS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CHANGING CLIMATES; COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; DRAINED LAKES; DRAINED THAW LAKE BASINS; GROUND ICES; ICE-RICH PERMAFROSTS; LAKE LEVELS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TIME PERIODS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS; WARMING CLIMATES;

LAKES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DRAINAGE; LAKE; LAKE LEVEL; MELTING; PERMAFROST; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THAWING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 61749087389     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7179     Document Type: Review

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