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Palsa Development

Palsa Development is a geomorphological process denoting the formation and growth of palsas—organic-rich permafrost mounds in peatlands—distinguished by frost heave-driven ice lens accumulation and peat accumulation under subarctic climatic conditions.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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The Bog Landforms of Continental Western Canada in Relation to Climate and Permafrost Patterns

Dale H. Vitt, Linda A. Halsey, S. C. Zoltai · Arctic and Alpine Research · 1994 · 206 citations

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Synthesis of studies of palsa formation underlining the importance of local environmental and physical characteristics

Matti Seppälä · Quaternary Research · 2010 · 147 citations

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The Origin of Palsas

Matti Seppälä · Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography · 1986 · 139 citations

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Changes in palsa distribution in relation to climate change in Laivadalen, northern Sweden, especially 1960-1997

Frieda S. Zuidhoff, Else Kolstrup · Permafrost and Periglacial Processes · 2000 · 122 citations

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Palsas and Peat Plateaus in Central Manitoba and Saskatchewan

S. C. Zoltai · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 1972 · 118 citations

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Authors

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  1. SP
    Serge Payette

    Université Laval, Canada

    5 publications · 186 citations

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  2. MS
    Matti Seppälä

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    5 publications · 494 citations

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  3. SC
    S. C. Zoltai

    Canadian Forest Service, Canada

    3 publications · 369 citations

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  4. NB
    Najat Bhiry

    Université Laval, Canada

    3 publications · 145 citations

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  5. PO
    Pirita Oksanen

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    2 publications · 55 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    495 citations

  2. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    389 citations

  3. Center for Northern Studies

    Québec, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    246 citations

  4. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    336 citations

  5. Swansea University

    Swansea, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    162 citations

  6. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  7. University of Lapland

    Rovaniemi, Finland

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  8. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

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  2. Arctic and Alpine Research

    4 publications · 335 citations

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  3. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research

    4 publications · 112 citations

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  4. Canadian Journal of Botany

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  5. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

    3 publications · 217 citations

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