Thermokarst Terrains

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-324

  Jorgenson, M T ^a  

^a Alaska Ecoscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Degradation; Ground ice; Landforms; Permafrost; Subarctic; Thermokarst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903415324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00215-3     Document Type: Chapter

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