Mapping Permafrost Features that Influence the Hydrological Processes of a Thermokarst Lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-68

  Pan, Xicai ^a,b,c   You, Yanhui ^a,c   Roth, Kurt ^b,c   Guo, Lei ^a,c   Wang, Xinbing ^a,c   Yu, Qihao ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

GPR; Hydrological processes; Lateral thawing; Permafrost; Preferential lateral flow; Thermokarst lake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIAL LAKE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; KARST HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; PERMAFROST; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THAWING; THERMOKARST; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84896721528     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1797     Document Type: Article

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