Original paper
Climate-driven thaw of permafrost preserved glacial landscapes, northwestern Canada
Abstract
Ice-marginal glaciated landscapes demarcate former boundaries of the continental ice sheets. Throughout circumpolar regions, permafrost has preserved relict ground ice and glacigenic sediments, delaying the sequence of postglacial landscape change that transformed temperate environments millennia earlier. Here we show that within 7 × 106 km2 of glaciated permafrost terrain, extensive landscapes remain poised for major climate-driven change....
Paper Details
Title
Climate-driven thaw of permafrost preserved glacial landscapes, northwestern Canada
Published Date
Feb 8, 2017
Journal
Volume
45
Issue
4
Pages
371 - 374