Serpentine (Floating) Ice Channels and their Interaction with Riverbed Permafrost in the Lena River Delta, Russia
Arctic deltas and their river channels are characterized by three components of the cryosphere: snow, river ice, and permafrost, making them especially sensitive to ongoing climate change. Thinning river ice and rising river water temperatures may affect the thermal state of permafrost beneath the r...
Published in: | Frontiers in Earth Science |
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Frontiers Media SA
2021
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.689941 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.689941/full |