Thermokarst lake morphometry and erosion features in two peat plateau areas of Northeast European Russia

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-81

  Sjöberg, Ylva ^a   Hugelius, Gustaf ^a   Kuhry, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic Russia; Lake Shoreline Orientation; Peat Plateau; Remote Sensing; Shoreline Characteristics; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKE; MORPHOMETRY; PEATLAND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; THERMOKARST;

ARCTIC; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84875054736     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1762     Document Type: Article

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