Perennially Frozen Peatlands in the Western Arctic and Subarctic of Canada
Perennially frozen peatlands were divided into five morphological types: peat plateaus, polygonal peat plateaus, palsas, fen ridges and lowland polygons. One hundred and eight different peatlands were cored, measured and sampled. The internal structure of all but the lowland polygons suggests that t...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e75-004 2024-03-03T08:41:47+00:00 Perennially Frozen Peatlands in the Western Arctic and Subarctic of Canada Zoltai, S. C. Tarnocai, C. 1975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e75-004 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e75-004 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 12, issue 1, page 28-43 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 General Earth and Planetary Sciences journal-article 1975 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e75-004 2024-02-07T10:53:41Z Perennially frozen peatlands were divided into five morphological types: peat plateaus, polygonal peat plateaus, palsas, fen ridges and lowland polygons. One hundred and eight different peatlands were cored, measured and sampled. The internal structure of all but the lowland polygons suggests that the peat was deposited in wet fens unaffected by permafrost, and that permafrost developed only after a thin layer of Sphagnum covered them. The lowland polygons evolved in a permafrost environment. The study area was divided into four regions oh the basis of predominance of different peatlands forms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic palsas Peat permafrost Subarctic Canadian Science Publishing Arctic Canada Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 12 1 28 43 |
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Perennially frozen peatlands were divided into five morphological types: peat plateaus, polygonal peat plateaus, palsas, fen ridges and lowland polygons. One hundred and eight different peatlands were cored, measured and sampled. The internal structure of all but the lowland polygons suggests that the peat was deposited in wet fens unaffected by permafrost, and that permafrost developed only after a thin layer of Sphagnum covered them. The lowland polygons evolved in a permafrost environment. The study area was divided into four regions oh the basis of predominance of different peatlands forms. |
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Perennially Frozen Peatlands in the Western Arctic and Subarctic of Canada |
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Perennially Frozen Peatlands in the Western Arctic and Subarctic of Canada |
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Perennially Frozen Peatlands in the Western Arctic and Subarctic of Canada |
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Perennially Frozen Peatlands in the Western Arctic and Subarctic of Canada |
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Perennially Frozen Peatlands in the Western Arctic and Subarctic of Canada |
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perennially frozen peatlands in the western arctic and subarctic of canada |
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Arctic palsas Peat permafrost Subarctic |
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