Accelerated thermokarst formation in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Levy, Joseph S ^a   Fountain, Andrew G ^b   Dickson, James L ^c   Head, James W ^c   Okal, Marianne ^d   Marchant, David R ^e   Watters, Jaclyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Connecticut   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; HOLOCENE; IMAGING; LANDSCAPE; MELTING POINT; SEDIMENT; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84923937287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02269     Document Type: Article

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