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MARC recordMicroclimatic characteristics of palsas along an altitudinal gradient, Mackenzie Mountains, NWT, Canada / G. Peter Kershaw, Kevin D. Skaret.
| Title: | Microclimatic characteristics of palsas along an altitudinal gradient, Mackenzie Mountains, NWT, Canada / G. Peter Kershaw, Kevin D. Skaret. |
| Author(s): | Kershaw, G. Peter. Skaret, Kevin D. |
| Date: | 1993. |
| Publisher: | Wushan, Guangzhou: South China University of Technology Press |
| In: | Permafrost. Sixth International Conference. Proceedings (Vol. 1), July 5-9, 1993, Beijing China. (1993.), |
| Abstract: | Aim was to quantify selected microclimatic attributes on year-round basis and to attempt to explain expected differences in these characteristics dictated by site conditions and variations in elevation. Influence of elevation was mostly effected through cold-air drainage in winter; consequently, higher sites were warmer. Other factors, such as insulative properties of snowpack and internal boundary layer associated with plant communities, appear to influence microclimate characteristics where they vary on site-specific basis over individual palsa surfaces. |
| Notes: | In: Permafrost. Sixth International Conference. Proceedings (Vol. 1), July 5-9, 1993, Beijing China / International Conference on Permafrost. |
| Keywords: | 551.34 -- Geocryology. Frozen ground. 551.343.72 -- Frost mounds. Pingos. E8 -- Glaciology: frost action and permafrost. (*41) -- Canada. (*440) -- Northwest Territories. (*40) -- North American Arctic. |
| SPRI record no.: | 125751 |
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