GIS-based Maps and Area Estimates of Northern Hemisphere Permafrost Extent during the Last Glacial Maximum

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-16

  Lindgren, Amelie ^a,b   Hugelius, Gustaf ^a   Kuhry, Peter ^a   Christensen, Torben R ^b,c   Vandenberghe, Jef ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Area; GIS; LGM; Paleoenvironment; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MAPPING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST;

EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84959441935     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1851     Document Type: Article

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