Effects of freezing on soil temperature, freezing front propagation and moisture redistribution in peat: Laboratory investigations

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 501-515

  Nagare, R M ^a   Schincariol, R A ^a   Quinton, W L ^b   Hayashi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FREEZING CURVES; FREEZING CYCLES; FRONT PROPAGATION; FROZEN LAYER; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MESOCOSMS; MOISTURE GRADIENT; ORGANIC ACTIVE LAYERS; SATURATED SOILS; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; TOTAL WATER CONTENT; UPPER SURFACE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; PEAT; PERMAFROST; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

FREEZING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FREEZING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; PEAT; PERMAFROST; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TERRAIN; TIME SERIES; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84857216747     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-501-2012     Document Type: Article

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