Environmental effects on cryoturbation along bioclimatic gradients in subarctic Sweden : The importance of soil disturbance proxy, spatial scale and mesoclimatic regime

• Main Author: Klaus, Marcus
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2012
• Subjects: periglacial geomorphology; climate change; differential frost heave; patterned ground; tundra; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Abisko; Climate change; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-134773

Cryoturbation is a fundamental soil forming process with large importance for ecosystem functioning in the Arctic. Recent investigations have emphasized the effect of climate change on cryoturbation, but contrast in their predictions on cryoturbation under future climate warming. This study analyzed...