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Permafrost Formation

Permafrost Formation is a geophysical process denoting the persistent freezing of soil, sediment, or rock materials for two or more consecutive years, distinguished by the in situ transformation of pore water into ice under sustained sub-zero thermal conditions.

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659

Authors

287

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2017–2026

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Publications

231

Patterns of permafrost formation and degradation in relation to climate and ecosystems

Y. Shur, M. Torre Jorgenson · Permafrost and Periglacial Processes · 2007 · 635 citations

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Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment

Antoni G. Lewkowicz, Robert G. Way · Nature Communications · 2019 · 482 citations · Full text

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Cryostratigraphy of late Pleistocene syngenetic permafrost (yedoma) in northern Alaska, Itkillik River exposure

Mikhail Kanevskiy, Y. Shur, Daniel Fortier et al. · Quaternary Research · 2011 · 251 citations

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Martian permafrost features

M. H. Carr, G. G. Schaber · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1977 · 250 citations

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Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic records from permafrost deposits in the Arctic region of Northern Siberia

Lutz Schirrmeister, Christine Siegert, Svetlana Kuzmina et al. · Quaternary International · 2002 · 243 citations

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Authors

659

  1. JB
    Julian B. Murton

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 606 citations

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  2. GG
    Guido Grosse

    Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany

    7 publications · 409 citations

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  3. MK
    Mikhail Kanevskiy

    University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

    7 publications · 532 citations

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  4. HM
    Hugh M. French

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    7 publications · 373 citations

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  5. LS
    Lutz Schirrmeister

    Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany

    7 publications · 504 citations

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Institutions

287

  1. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    21 h-index

    55 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    15 h-index

    46 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Moscow, Russia

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1K citations

  5. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    10 h-index

    47 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Earth Cryosphere Institute

    Tyumen, Russia

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    522 citations

  8. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    441 citations

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Venues

  1. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

    31 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Arctic and Alpine Research

    7 publications · 398 citations

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  3. Boreas

    7 publications · 292 citations

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  4. ˜The œcryosphere

    7 publications · 215 citations

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  5. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

    6 publications · 166 citations

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