Thermal regime of a thermokarst lake and its influence on permafrost, Beiluhe Basin, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-324

  Lin, Zhanju ^a   Niu, Fujun ^a,b   Xu, Zhiying ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Wang, Ping ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b The First Highway Design and Research Institute ^*  (China)

^c First Survey and Design Institute of Railway   (China)

Author keywords

Lakeshore collapse; Permafrost; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Thermal regime; Thermokarst lake

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROZEN GROUND; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; PERMAFROST; THERMAL REGIME; THERMOKARST;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78650681752     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.692     Document Type: Article

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