Permafrost thermal regime from two 30-m deep boreholes in Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Guglielmin, Mauro ^a   Balks, Megan R ^b   Adlam, Leah S ^b   Baio, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active layer; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Permafrost temperature; Soil temperature; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; BEDROCK; BOREHOLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERMAFROST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL REGIME;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MARBLE POINT; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA LAND; WRIGHT VALLEY;

EID: 79958780800     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.715     Document Type: Article

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