Ground ice in the upper permafrost of the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-70

  Kanevskiy, M ^a   Shur, Y ^a   Jorgenson, M T ^a,b   Ping, C L ^c   Michaelson, G J ^c   Fortier, D ^a,d   Stephani, E ^a   Dillon, M ^a   Tumskoy, V ^e  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b Alaska Ecoscience   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cryostructures; Ground ice; Ice content; Ice wedges; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; CRYOSTRUCTURES; GROUND ICE; ICE CONTENT; ICE WEDGES;

LAKES; LANDFORMS; PERMAFROST;

ICE;

COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL ZONE; CRYOSPHERE; FROZEN GROUND; ICE COVER; PERMAFROST; PINGO; TERRAIN; THERMOKARST;

ALASKA; ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN; BEAUFORT COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868694349     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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