The environment and permafrost of the Mackenzie Delta area

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-105

  Burn, C R ^a   Kokelj, S V ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Government of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active layer; Boreal forest; Climate change; Mackenzie Delta; Permafrost; Treeline

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE SHEET; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; TREELINE; TUNDRA; UPLAND REGION; WETLAND;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; RICHARDS ISLAND; RICHARDSON MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 69949117700     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.655     Document Type: Article

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