Linear disturbances on discontinuous permafrost: implications for thaw-induced changes to land cover and drainage patterns

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Tyler J Williams, William L Quinton, Jennifer L Baltzer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: permafrost thaw; active layer; resource exploration; linear disturbances; peatlands; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Fort Simpson; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/025006; https://doaj.org/article/0a88738465ec49b1a8c8f0d8617a7e8d

Within the zone of discontinuous permafrost, linear disturbances such as winter roads and seismic lines severely alter the hydrology, ecology, and ground thermal regime. Continued resource exploration in this environment has created a need to better understand the processes causing permafrost thaw a...