Permafrost characteristics over the Heihe River Basin in western China

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 2160-2166

  Wang, Qingfeng ^a,b   Zhang, Tingjun ^c,d   Wu, Jichun ^a   Peng, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhong, Xinyue ^a   Mu, Cuicui ^a   Wu, Qingbai ^a   Cheng, Guodong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

ALT; Altitude; Heihe River Basin; Local factors; Lower boundary of permafrost; MAGT

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; FIELD WORK; FREEZING; GEOLOGICAL TIME; PERMAFROST; RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84891917615     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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