Thermokarst lake changes over the past 40 years in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China

A thermokarst lake is generally defined as a lake that occupies a closed basin and is created by the massive melting of ground ice in ice-rich permafrost regions, which has a great impact on regional hydro-ecological equilibrium and permafrost-engineering infrastructure facilities. Global warming an...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Main Authors: Lan Li, Xindi Zhang, Xuan Li, Shufang Zhao, Wankui Ni, Zhenzhen Yang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Subjects:
geo
Ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1051086
https://doaj.org/article/0be0d369dbba460fb153d9ba85d0b788