Effects of thermo-erosion gullying on hydrologic flow networks, discharge and soil loss

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Godin, Etienne ^a,b   Fortier, Daniel ^a,b   Coulombe, Stéphanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

arctic hydrology; gullies; hydrologic connectivity; ice wedges; permafrost; thermo erosion; wetland

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; EROSION; GEOMETRY; HYDROLOGY; PERMAFROST; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WETLANDS;

ARCTIC HYDROLOGY; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; GULLIES; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ICE WEDGES; LONG-TERM IMPACTS;

LANDFORMS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE; GULLY EROSION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; RESIDENCE TIME;

EID: 84928713972     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/105010     Document Type: Article

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