Active Layer Thickness Prediction on the Western Antarctic Peninsula

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-199

  Wilhelm, Kelly R ^a   Bockheim, James G ^a   Kung, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Active layer; Antarctic peninsula; Permafrost; Polar soils; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BEDROCK; BOREHOLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84930377804     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1845     Document Type: Article

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