Influence of permafrost distribution on groundwater flow in the context of climate-driven permafrost thaw: Example from Yukon Flats Basin, Alaska, United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Walvoord, Michelle A ^a   Voss, Clifford I ^b   Wellman, Tristan P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; FIELD STUDIES; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; GROUNDWATER FLUXES; HISTORICAL TRENDS; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS; MODEL ANALYSIS; MODEL SIMULATION; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL EXTENT; STREAM TEMPERATURES; SUBBASINS;

AERODYNAMICS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REMOTE SENSING; THAWING; WATERSHEDS;

PERMAFROST;

BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON FLATS;

EID: 84864620950     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011595     Document Type: Article

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