Fire Related Degradation of Palsas

Régions: South Slave Region

étiquettes: physical sciences, permafrost degradation, forest fire

chercheur principal: Wein, Ross (17)
Nᵒ de permis: 9108
Organisation: Boreal Institute for Northern Studies
Année(s) de permis: 1989
Délivré: janv. 01, 1989
Équipe de projet: Peter A. Thomas; Bob Ellis; Ross Priddle

Objectif(s): to document the collapse of burned palsas; to experimentally test the hypothesis that severe fires will lead to degradation of permafrost and palsas collapse.

Description du projet: Dr. Wein and his research team are studying permafrost-based wetland forests that were burned by severe fires in 1981.