Airborne electromagnetic imaging of discontinuous permafrost

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Minsley, Burke J ^a   Abraham, Jared D ^a   Smith, Bruce D ^a   Cannia, James C ^b   Voss, Clifford I ^c   Jorgenson, M Torre ^d   Walvoord, Michelle A ^a   Wylie, Bruce K ^b   Anderson, Lesleigh ^a   Ball, Lyndsay B ^a   Deszcz Pan, Maryla ^a   Wellman, Tristan P ^a   Ager, Thomas A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Alaska Ecoscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ECOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROSPECTING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY;

AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC; COLD REGIONS; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; DYNAMIC STATE; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; FIRE FREQUENCIES; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; LAKE AREAS;

PERMAFROST;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COLD REGION; DISCONTINUITY LAYER; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; PERMAFROST; STREAMFLOW; THAWING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON FLATS;

EID: 84863395395     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050079     Document Type: Article

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