Influence of soil moisture content and infiltration on ground temperature and active layer depth in a river terrace in Adventdalen, Svalbard

• Main Author: Schuh, Carina
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi 2015
• Subjects: Oceanography; Hydrology and Water Resources; Oceanografi; hydrologi och vattenresurser; Svalbard; Adventdalen; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-121459

The active layer constitutes an important subsystem of permafrost environments. Thermal andhydrological processes in the active layer determine local phenomena such as erosion, hydrologicaland ecosystem changes, and can have implications for the global carbon-climate feedback.Despite their importanc...