Active Layer Characteristics At Ten Borehole Sites In Alpine Permafrost Terrain, Switzerland

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-151

  Zenklusen Mutter, Evelyn ^a   Phillips, Marcia ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active layer thickness; Alpine permafrost; Borehole temperatures; Ice bearing layers; Talik; Thawing degree days

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BOREHOLE; FREEZING; INTERPOLATION; PERMAFROST; TALIK; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85027938389     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1738     Document Type: Article

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