Three deep Alpine‐permafrost boreholes in Svalbard and Scandinavia

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Isaksen, Ketil, Holmlund, Per, Sollid, Johan Ludvig, Harris, Charles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Janssonhaugen; La Balance; Norway; Svalbard; Northern Sweden; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; pergélisol
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.380; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.380; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.380

Abstract The presence and thermal character of permafrost reflect past and present surface energy balances plus the heat flux from the Earth's interior. Analysis of permafrost ground temperatures constitutes a key research tool for detecting thermal anomalies caused by twentieth‐century warming...