Characteristics of thermokarst lakes and their influence on permafrost in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Geomorphology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 222-233

  Niu, Fujun ^a   Lin, Zhanju ^a   Liu, Hua ^a   Lu, Jiahao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Permafrost; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Qinghai Tibetan railway; Thermal stage; Thermokarst lake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; FROZEN GROUND; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PERMAFROST; SEASONAL VARIATION; TALIK; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOKARST;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79960229322     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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