Microscopic and environmental controls on the spacing and thickness of segregated ice lenses

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 316-324

  Rempel, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Frost heave; Ice lens; Paleoclimate; Patterned ground; Periglacial; Permafrost; Premelting; Segregated ice

Indexed keywords

FROST HEAVE; PALEOCLIMATE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL; PRE-MELTING; SEGREGATED ICE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PERMAFROST; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

ICE;

FREEZING; FROZEN GROUND; ICE THICKNESS; MELTING; PALEOCLIMATE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; PERMAFROST; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 79952359250     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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