Distribution, Morphology and Carbon Stock of Earth Hummocks in the Chuck Creek Trail Valley, Northern British Columbia, Canada

Cryoturbation translocates surface organic-rich horizons deeper in the soils and as such is an important process for carbon sequestration in the active layer (e.g., Kaiser et al., 2007; Van Vliet-Lanoë, 2004). Hummocks, which are non-sorted patterned ground, are sub-meter to meter-scale circular to...

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Main Author: Verret, Marjolaine
Other Authors: Lacelle, Denis
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36193
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-20473