Investigation of ice-wedge infilling processes using stable oxygen and hydrogen isotopes, crystallography and occluded gases (O2, N2, Ar)

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-64

  St Jean, Mélanie ^a   Lauriol, Bernard ^a   Clark, Ian D ^a   Lacelle, Denis ^b   Zdanowicz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Gas composition; Ice crystallography; Ice wedge; Stable O H isotopes; Yukon

Indexed keywords

BASAL ICE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FREEZING; FROZEN GROUND; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADA; OLD CROW; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 79952017333     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.680     Document Type: Article

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