Characterising relict cryogenic macrostructures in mid-latitude areas of the USA with three-dimensional ground-penetrating radar

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Doolittle, James ^a   Nelson, Frederick ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Periglacial; Permafrost; Relict polygonal patterns; Remote sensing; Sediment filled wedges

Indexed keywords

BURIED STRUCTURE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949084309     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.644     Document Type: Article

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