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Permafrost Hydrogeology
Groundwater processes are often overlooked in permafrost environments, but subsurface storage and routing can strongly influence water and...
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Permafrost in Mongolia
In this chapter, the general characteristics of permafrost and cryogenic features are described, and the degradation of permafrost is simply analyzed...
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Permafrost Hydrology: Linkages and Feedbacks
In the cold regions, hydrological regime is closely related with permafrost conditions, such as permafrost extent and thermal characteristics....
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Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost and Ecosystems
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of the key terrestrial components of the Arctic system, i.e., its hydrology, permafrost,...
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Permafrost Features and Talik Geometry in Hydrologic System
Permafrost is widely distributed in the high latitudes. This chapter discusses frozen (permafrost) and unfrozen states of the hydrological geometry...
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Vegetation Phenology in Permafrost Regions of Northeastern China Based on MODIS and Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Vegetation phenology is an indicator of vegetation response to natural environmental changes and is of great significance for the study of global...
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Overview of Environmental Flows in Permafrost Regions
River ecosystems have adapted to a natural range of variability in magnitude, timing, duration, and predictability of key hydrograph components, such...
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Greenhouse Gases and Energy Fluxes at Permafrost Zone
Energy, water, and greenhouse gas exchange in the permafrost zone play an important role in the regional and global climate system at multiple...
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Responses of Boreal Forest Ecosystems and Permafrost to Climate Change and Disturbances: A Modeling Perspective
The north circumpolar region contains a large amount of carbon. This carbon storage is vulnerable due to permafrost degradation and wildfire...
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Correction to: Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost and Ecosystems
In an earlier version of this book, the affiliation of the volume editor “Daqing Yang” was incorrect. This has been corrected. Correct Affiliations...
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Simulation of frozen ground distribution in northeast China based on a surface frost number model
Against the background of global warming, environmental and ecological problems caused by frozen ground degradation have become a focus of attention...
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The Cryosphere
The cryosphereCryosphere comprises snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, icebergs, glaciers and ice capsIce caps, ice sheets, ice shelvesIce shelves,...
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Giant Taryn Aufeis in the Northeast of Russia
AbstractThis article describes the compilation procedure and contents of the Atlas of giant taryn aufeis, a specific form of glaciation in the...
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Cryogenic Landforms of the Altai Highlands (a Case Study of the Tavan Bogd National Park, Western Mongolia)
AbstractThe transboundary part of the Altai mountains has been investigated. It is established that it is characterized by a set of geomorphological...
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Rock Glaciers in the Austrian Alps: A General Overview with a Special Focus on Dösen Rock Glacier, Hohe Tauern Range
Rock glaciers are prominent landforms in mountain regions and as such indicate permafrost conditions at present or in former times. So-called active...
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Iceland
Within the high North Atlantic region, Iceland is the natural nexus between Scandinavia and Greenland. Its location at the meeting point of polar and...
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Soils of Floodplain Landscapes of the River Selenga Basin
AbstractThe factors of formation and patterns of spatial differentiation of soils within the floodplain landscapes of the River Selenga and its...
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The North European Plain
North European Plain (NEP) spreads from the Belgium and Dutch coast through Germany and Denmark to the eastern parts of Poland. NEP can be divided...
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Scandinavia
Periglaciation in Scandinavia is reviewed with a focus on active and relict landforms, frost processes, permafrost distribution and landform age in...
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Ground Temperature and Active Layer Regimes and Changes
Permafrost is degrading worldwide due to climate, leading to serious consequences for regional hydrology, climate, and ecosystems. Over the past...