Climate and ground temperature relations at sites across the continuous and discontinuous permafrost zones, northern Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 865-876

  Throop, Jennifer ^a   Lewkowicz, Antoni G ^a   Smith, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HIGH ARCTIC; HIGH ELEVATION; ICE CONTENT; MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURES; NORTHERN CANADA; POLAR DESERTS; SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SNOW;

PERMAFROST;

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR TEMPERATURE; BEDROCK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FREEZING; ICE COVER; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMAFROST; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

EID: 84861339592     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E11-075     Document Type: Article

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