Evolution of shallow groundwater flow systems in areas of degrading permafrost

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Bense, V F ^a   Ferguson, G ^b   Kooi, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARCTIC RIVERS; BASEFLOWS; CLIMATE WARMING; CURRENT LEVELS; CURRENT MODELING; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DRIVE CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW PATH; FRESH-WATER; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; NON-LINEAR TRENDS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; PERMAFROST TABLE; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SUBSURFACE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SYSTEM RESPONSE; TIME-SCALES;

AQUIFERS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMAFROST; RIVERS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUIFER; BASEFLOW; CLIMATE MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONLINEARITY; PERMAFROST; REACTIVATION; TIMESCALE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 72049093203     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039225     Document Type: Article

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