Relict Thermal-contraction-crack Polygons and Past Permafrost South of the Late Wisconsinan Glacial Limit in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 144-149

  Gao, Cunhai ^a  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous permafrost; Eastern USA; Late Wisconsinan; Mid Atlantic Coastal Plain; Relict thermal contraction crack polygons

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONTRACTION; PERMAFROST; POLYGON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WISCONSINAN;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; DELMARVA PENINSULA; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901914126     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1803     Document Type: Article

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