Spatial variability of permafrost active-layer thickness under contemporary and projected climate in Northern Alaska

Polar Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-116

  Streletskiy, Dmitry A ^a   Shiklomanov, Nikolay I ^a   Nelson, Frederick E ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 85008770460     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1088937X.2012.680204     Document Type: Article

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