Thermal impacts of engineering activities and vegetation layer on permafrost in different alpine ecosystems of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China
Climate warming and engineering activities have various impacts on the thermal regime of permafrost in alpine ecosystems of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Using recent observations of permafrost thermal regimes along the Qinghai–Tibet highway and railway, the changes of such regimes beneath embankments...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-08-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1695/2016/tc-10-1695-2016.pdf |