The nature and dynamics of frozen ground in alpine and subarctic periglacial environments

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-445

  Kneisel, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine periglacial environments; Frozen ground; Late Holocene; Permafrost aggradation; Permafrost degradation; Permafrost dynamics; Subarctic periglacial environments

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROZEN GROUND; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SUBARCTIC REGION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951267518     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609353432     Document Type: Article

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