Some aspects of plateau permafrost, Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau, China, and a comparison with the Mackenzie Delta region, Canada.

• Main Author: Wang, Baolai.
• Other Authors: French, H. M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 1993
• Subjects: Geology; Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie Valley; Ice; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie river; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6840; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-15037

Differences in permafrost conditions between the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau and the Mackenzie Delta region primarily relate to their Quaternary histories and their current climates. For example, the Tibetan Plateau has experienced uplift of at least 3,000 m during the last 2 million years. Under...