Three deep Alpine‐permafrost boreholes in Svalbard and Scandinavia

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Ketil Isaksen, Per Holmlund, Johan Ludvig Sollid, Charles Harris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Svalbard; Norway; La Balance; Janssonhaugen; Nord de la Suède; Northern Sweden; permafrost; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.380

The presence and thermal character of permafrost reflect past and present surface energy balances plus the heat flux from the Earth's interior. Analysis of permafrost ground temperatures constitutes a key research tool for detecting thermal anomalies caused by twentieth‐century warming. Three d...