Global Distribution of Cryosols with Mountain Permafrost: An Overview
About 30 per cent of the mountain soils with permafrost have an active layer depth (ALD) of less than 1 or 2 m and, therefore, can be classified as Cryosols. Mountain Cryosols have a total area of approximately 1.26 million km2 and account for approximately 12 per cent of the Cryosols worldwide. An...
| Published in: | Permafrost and Periglacial Processes |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1830 |
| Summary: | About 30 per cent of the mountain soils with permafrost have an active layer depth (ALD) of less than 1 or 2 m and, therefore, can be classified as Cryosols. Mountain Cryosols have a total area of approximately 1.26 million km2 and account for approximately 12 per cent of the Cryosols worldwide. An ALD of less than 2 m appears to occur only where the mean annual air temperature is |
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