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Permafrost Physics

Permafrost Physics is a subfield of glaciophysics that investigates the thermal, mechanical, hydrological, and phase-change processes governing the formation, stability, and evolution of perennially frozen ground (permafrost) and its interactions with the climate system and surface environments.

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Permafrost carbon-climate feedbacks accelerate global warming

Charles D. Koven, Bruno Ringeval, Pierre Friedlingstein et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 989 citations · Full text

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Changing Climate: Geothermal Evidence from Permafrost in the Alaskan Arctic

Arthur H. Lachenbruch, B.V. Marshall · Science · 1986 · 791 citations

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Extensive Methane Venting to the Atmosphere from Sediments of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

Natalia Shakhova, Igor Semiletov, A. Salyuk et al. · Science · 2010 · 654 citations

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Climate warming in the latest Permian and the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

Michael M. Joachimski, Xulong Lai, Shu‐zhong Shen et al. · Geology · 2012 · 640 citations

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The frozen earth: fundamentals of geocryology

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 538 citations

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Authors

2.2K

  1. VE
    V. E. Romanovsky

    University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

    23 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. YL
    Yuanming Lai

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    25 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. QW
    Qingbai Wu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    19 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. SW
    Sebastian Westermann

    University of Oslo, Norway

    20 publications · 1.7K citations

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  5. MZ
    Mingyi Zhang

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    20 publications · 1.3K citations

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Institutions

748

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    55 h-index

    818 publications

    51.1K citations

  2. Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources

    Lanzhou, China

    41 h-index

    478 publications

    28.8K citations

  3. University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Fairbanks, United States

    41 h-index

    143 publications

    16.1K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    31 h-index

    136 publications

    8.1K citations

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

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    24 h-index

    83 publications

    8.3K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    74 publications

    7.6K citations

  7. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    22 h-index

    66 publications

    5.5K citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    22 h-index

    53 publications

    5.5K citations

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  1. Cold Regions Science and Technology

    83 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

    43 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. ˜The œcryosphere

    37 publications · 2.6K citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 31 publications · 3.1K citations

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  5. The Science of The Total Environment

    23 publications · 1.4K citations

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