West Siberian palsa peatlands: Distribution, typology, cyclic development, present day climate-driven changes, seasonal hydrology and impact on CO 2 cycle

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 603-623

  Kirpotin, Sergey ^a   Polishchuk, Yuriy ^b   Bryksina, Nataliya ^b   Sugaipova, Anna ^b   Kouraev, Alexei ^e   Zakharova, Elena ^a   Pokrovsky, Oleg S ^e   Shirokova, Liudmila ^e,f   Kolmakova, Maria ^a,c,d   Manassypov, Rinat ^a   Dupre, Bernard ^g  

^a TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b YUGRA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d St Petersburg Branch   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

^g OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Cryolitozone; Lakes; Palsa; Permafrost; Thawing; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CONTINENTAL CLIMATE; CRYOLITOZONE; CYCLIC DEVELOPMENT; NORTHERN REGIONS; PALSA; PEAT LAND; THERMOKARST; WESTERN SIBERIA;

HYDROLOGY; LAKES; PERMAFROST; THAWING; WETLANDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84857805606     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2011.593901     Document Type: Article

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