The impacts of Thawing permafrost on the chemistry of lakes across the subarctic boreal-tundra transition, Mackenzie Delta region, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-199

  Kokelj, S V ^a   Zajdlik, B ^b   Thompson, M S ^c  

^a Government of Canada   (Canada)

^b Zajdlik and Associates Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active layer deepening; Climate change; Permafrost degradation; Retrogressive thaw slumping; Thermokarst; Tundra lakes; Water chemistry; Western Arctic

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE WATER; PERMAFROST; SLUMPING; THAWING; THERMOKARST; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TUNDRA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 69949134982     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.641     Document Type: Article

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