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A naturally-occurring ‘cold earth’ spot in Northern China

Permafrost is determined to a large extent by the Earth’s surface temperature, therefore it distributes mainly in high altitude and latitude regions. However, stable, warm (about −1 °C) permafrost occurs within a scree slope in northern China that is more than 600 km south of the southernmost limit...

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Autores principales: Niu, Fujun, Cheng, Guodong, Niu, Yonghong, Zhang, Mingyi, Luo, Jing, Lin, Zhanju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5041580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27685441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34184