Characteristics of discontinuous permafrost based on ground temperature measurements and electrical resistivity tomography, Southern Yukon, Canada

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-342

  Lewkowicz, Antoni G ^a   Etzelmüller, Bernd ^b   Smith, Sharon L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Discontinuous permafrost; Electrical resistivity tomography; Ground ice content; Mountain permafrost; Palsas; Permafrost geophysics; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FROST; FROZEN GROUND; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMAFROST; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY;

CANADA; ICELAND; MONGOLIA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 83555177374     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.703     Document Type: Article

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