GEO 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Weathering, Ice Wedge, Thermosiphon
6 May 2016
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Assignment 1 remote northern locations it"s about the other sources that you bring into it to fully critique the story, you need additional articles that argue or support it. Nd out about other schools and stuff in the area. Trees don"t grow because of the permafrost. Treeline is the boundary where for climatic reasons trees can no longer normally. Youngest biome at 10,000 years characterized by: Not a lot of species have adapted. Warm up the house > warm up the soil underneath. Therefore: many buildings in permafrost environment aren"t on the ground. Absorbs heat from ground, keeps the soil cold. Why is the land wet???? very little drainage water doesn"t get absorbed because ice is underneath creates meltwater pools and super dry areas above. Processes dominated by freezing and ice formation and the landforms that are created and affected by these processes. Water penetrates in the cracks and then expands, making the crack a little bigger.
