Sensitivity to long-term climate change of subpermafrost groundwater systems in Svalbard

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Haldorsen, Sylvi ^a   Heim, Michael ^a   Dale, Barrie ^b   Landvik, Jon Y ^a   van der Ploeg, Martine ^c   Leijnse, Anton ^c   Salvigsen, Otto ^b   Hagen, Jon Ove ^b   Banks, David ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Holymoor Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change permafrost; Glacier; Groundwater; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOEUSTACY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTERGLACIAL; PERMAFROST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THAWING;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 76849097765     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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