An Identification of Environmental Disturbances from Road Developments in Subarctic Muskeg

ABSTRACT. The location, nature, and magnitude of some environmental changes associated with the introduction of a road across a muskeg in the discontinuous permafrost zone are identified from examination of near-infrared Landsat images. Impedance of natural surface drainage by the pres-ence of a roa...

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Main Author: J W. Pomeroy
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.509.925
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic38-2-104.pdf