Geomorphic Processes and Vegetational Change along the Meade River Sand Bluffs

• Main Authors: In Niorthern Alaska, K. M. Peterson, W. D. Billings
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Meade; Arctique*; caribou; permafrost; Alaska; pergélisol
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.579.3998; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic31-1-7.pdf

ABSTRACT. Geomorphic processes within the region of sand deposits on the Alaskan Arctic coastal plain bring about changes in local environments, and con-sequently in local vegetation, through time. Geomorphic processes and vegetational patterns on bluffs are related to the directions which the bluff...