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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/11950| Title: | The effect of disturbance on permafrost terrain |
| Authors: | Brown, Jerry, 1936- Rickard, Warren E. Vietor, Donald |
| Keywords: | Frozen ground Permafrost Soils Frozen soils Arctic soils Arctic vegetation Permafrost transformation Soil erosion EPOLAR |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Special report (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)) ; 138. |
| Description: | Special Report Abstract: The influence of surface cover on thaw penetration in alpine and arctic soils of Alaska was determined. Several manipulated treatments were employed: removal of all vegetation, mulching, shearing and fire. Thaw and subsidence more than doubled on the bare and sheared plots and increased up to 50% on the burned areas. Bulldozing of and traffic over ice-rich permafrost terrain resulted in considerable erosion and thaw. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/11950 |
| Appears in Collections: | Special Report |
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| SR-138.pdf | 1.38 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |