Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska
The distribution of permafrost in cold regions is subject to temporal and spatial changes influenced by climate, landscape disturbance, and ecosystem succession. Remote sensing from airborne and satellite platforms is increasing our understanding of landscape-scale permafrost distribution, but typic...
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ftdatacite:10.5066/p9ust855 2023-05-15T17:57:11+02:00 Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska Briggs, Martin White, Eric A Lane, John W 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9ust855 https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5f7cb67c82ce1d74e7db54df unknown U.S. Geological Survey https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1893 https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2100 dataset Dataset 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5066/p9ust855 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1893 https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2100 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The distribution of permafrost in cold regions is subject to temporal and spatial changes influenced by climate, landscape disturbance, and ecosystem succession. Remote sensing from airborne and satellite platforms is increasing our understanding of landscape-scale permafrost distribution, but typically lacks the resolution to characterize finer-scale processes and phenomena, which are often better captured by surface geophysical methods. Specifically, the electrical conductivity of the earth can be used to infer lithological and pore fluid properties, and in this case to delineate frozen, partially frozen, and unfrozen ground. Here, we present electromagnetic induction (EMI) data collected in August 2012 around the highly dynamic Twelvemile Lake, Yukon Flats, central Alaska, USA. This data release presents raw and processed results from hand-carried frequency domain EMI data collected with the GEM-2 instrument (Geophex, Ltd.) at approximately 0.75 m off the ground in both vertical and horizontal coplanar modes. Dataset permafrost Alaska Yukon DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Yukon |
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The distribution of permafrost in cold regions is subject to temporal and spatial changes influenced by climate, landscape disturbance, and ecosystem succession. Remote sensing from airborne and satellite platforms is increasing our understanding of landscape-scale permafrost distribution, but typically lacks the resolution to characterize finer-scale processes and phenomena, which are often better captured by surface geophysical methods. Specifically, the electrical conductivity of the earth can be used to infer lithological and pore fluid properties, and in this case to delineate frozen, partially frozen, and unfrozen ground. Here, we present electromagnetic induction (EMI) data collected in August 2012 around the highly dynamic Twelvemile Lake, Yukon Flats, central Alaska, USA. This data release presents raw and processed results from hand-carried frequency domain EMI data collected with the GEM-2 instrument (Geophex, Ltd.) at approximately 0.75 m off the ground in both vertical and horizontal coplanar modes. |
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Briggs, Martin White, Eric A Lane, John W Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska |
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Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska |
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Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska |
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Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska |
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Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska |
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Surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near Fort Yukon, Alaska |
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surface geophysical data for characterizing shallow, discontinuous frozen ground near fort yukon, alaska |
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U.S. Geological Survey |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9ust855 https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5f7cb67c82ce1d74e7db54df |
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