Surface water dynamics of shallow lakes following wildfire in boreal Alaska

• Main Author: Altmann, Garrett L.
• Other Authors: Verbyla, Dave, Fox, John, Yoshikawa, Kenji
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Fairbanks; Talik; Active layer thickness; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4484

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013 Wildfire is ubiquitous to interior Alaska and is the primary large-scale disturbance regime affecting thawing permafrost and ecosystem processes in boreal forests. Since surface and near surface hydrology is strongly affected by permafrost occurrenc...