Recent progress regarding permafrost coasts

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-130

  Lantuit, H ^a   Overduin, P P ^a   Wetterich, S ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Carbon; Coastal erosion; Permafrost; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; EROSION RATE; MODEL TEST; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THERMOKARST;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879204254     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1777     Document Type: Article

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