Shrinking Thermokarst Ponds and Groundwater Dynamics in Discontinuous Permafrost Near Council, Alaska

The purpose of this study was to characterize the geomorphological processes controlling the dynamics of ponds and to identify and characterize groundwater infiltration and surface water dynamics for a tundra terrain located in discontinuous permafrost near Council, Alaska. Thermokarst processes and...

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Main Authors: Kenji Yoshikawa, Larry D. Hinzman
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Ice
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.217.7000
http://nrm.salrm.uaf.edu/~dverbyla/nrm641/readings/Shrinking_Themokarst_Ponds.pdf