Sensitivity analysis of lake mass balance in discontinuous permafrost: The example of disappearing Twelvemile Lake, Yukon Flats, Alaska (USA);Analyse de sensibilité du bilan d'eau d'un lac dans un permafrost discontinu: L'exemple de la disparition de Twelvemile Lake, Yukon Flats, Alaska (USA)

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-200

  Jepsen, S M ^a   Voss, C I ^b   Walvoord, M A ^a   Rose, J R ^c   Minsley, B J ^a   Smith, B D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska (USA); Geophysical methods; Groundwater recharge water budget; Groundwater surface water relations; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; INFILTRATION; LAKE WATER; MASS BALANCE; PERMAFROST; RECHARGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; WARMING; WATER BUDGET;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON FLATS;

EID: 84873485591     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-012-0896-5     Document Type: Article

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