Temporal and spatial variations of the active layer along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway in a permafrost region

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 4609-4616

  Li, Ren ^a,b,c   Zhao, Lin ^a,b,c   Ding, YongJian ^b,c   Wu, TongHua ^a,b,c   Xiao, Yao ^a,b,c   Du, ErJi ^a,b,c   Liu, GuangYue ^a,b,c   Qiao, YongPing ^a,b,c  

^a Research Station on Cryosphere of Qinghai Xizang (Tibet) Plateau   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory on Cryospheric Sciences   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

Author keywords

accumulated temperature; active layer; freeze and thaw thickness; number of thawing days; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; thermodynamic processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871252102     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5323-8     Document Type: Article

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