Hydrogeomorphic processes of thermokarst lakes with grounded-ice and floating-ice regimes on the Arctic coastal plain, Alaska

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2422-2438

  Arp, Christopher D ^a   Jones, Benjamin M ^b,c   Urban, Frank E ^b   Grosse, Guido ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic coastal plain; Lake ice; Shoreline erosion; Thermokarst lakes; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC HABITATS; ARCTIC CLIMATE; CLIMATIC DATA; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPTH GRADIENT; DRYING PATTERN; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; FLOATING ICE; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; ICE THICKNESS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAKE DEPTH; LIQUID WATER; LONG TERM RECORDS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SHALLOW LAKES; SHORELINE EROSION; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; SURFACE AREA; THERMOKARST LAKES; WATER BALANCE; WATER DEPTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; LAKES; PERMAFROST; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REMOTE SENSING; SHORE PROTECTION; WATER QUALITY;

ICE;

COASTAL EROSION; FLOATING ICE; ICE LAKE; ICE THICKNESS; KARST HYDROLOGY; LAKE; PERMAFROST; SHORELINE CHANGE; THERMOKARST; WATER BUDGET; WATER DEPTH;

ALASKA; ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960086942     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8019     Document Type: Article

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