New Estimates of Permafrost Evolution during the Last 21k Years in Eurasia using Numerical Modelling

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 286-303

  Kitover, D C ^a   van Balen, R T ^a   Roche, D M ^a   Vandenberghe, J ^a   Renssen, H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate model; Deglaciation; LGM; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERMAFROST; RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; SIBERIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84888876055     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1787     Document Type: Article

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