Turf Hummocks in the Lower Course of the Indigirka River

In the region of the Indigirka River, the turf hammocks have a slight distribution and belong to two types: without an ice core and with an ice core. The hummocks of the first type are found more often. They are confined mainly to the swampy sections on the first and second above-floodplain terraces...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tolstov,A. N.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Hydrology
Limnology and Potamology
(*GRASSES
RIVERS)
(*SILT
SOILS
PLANTS(BOTANY)
DISTRIBUTION
SWAMPS
FLOODS
SHRUBS
THICKNESS
USSR
TRANSLATIONS
Indigirka
ice core
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0742218
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Summary:In the region of the Indigirka River, the turf hammocks have a slight distribution and belong to two types: without an ice core and with an ice core. The hummocks of the first type are found more often. They are confined mainly to the swampy sections on the first and second above-floodplain terraces or to the upper reaches of the ravines dividing the second above-floodplain terrace. (Author) Draft trans. from Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Institut Merzlotovedeniya. Severno-Vostochnoe Otdelenie. Trudy (USSR) p123-127 1962.

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