Minimum distribution of subsea ice-bearing permafrost on the U.S. Beaufort Sea continental shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Brothers, Laura L ^a   Hart, Patrick E ^b   Ruppel, Carolyn D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; PERMAFROST; REFRACTION; SEA LEVEL;

BEAUFORT SEA; COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HIGH VELOCITY; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC; SEA FLOOR; SEA LEVEL RISE; WATER DEPTH;

ICE;

COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864816436     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052222     Document Type: Article

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