ARCTIC Dynamics and Origin of Saline Soils on the Slims River Delta
ABSTRACT. The saline soils of the Slims River Delta have developed on land formed in the last 100 years in an area of otherwise continuous permafrost. Deep seasonal frost on the delta prevents downward leaching of salts when the snow melts. Instead the salts accumulate at the surface as the ground d...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.574.6153 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic43-2-159.pdf |