The role of buoyancy in palsa formation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 320, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-56

  Seppälä, Matti ^a   Kujala, Kauko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FROZEN GROUND; MIRE; PALSA; PEAT; PERMAFROST; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 70349223935     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP320.4     Document Type: Article

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