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Earth Science

D-Index
48
Citations
12108
World Ranking
3724
National Ranking
1460

Best Publications

  • PERMAFROST DEGRADATION AND ECOLOGICAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH A WARMING CLIMATE IN CENTRAL ALASKA

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  • Abrupt increase in permafrost degradation in Arctic Alaska

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  • Resilience and vulnerability of permafrost to climate change

    M. Torre JorgensonM.T. Jorgenson;Vladimir RomanovskyV. Romanovsky;Jennifer HardenJ. Harden;Yuri ShurY. Shur

  • Advances in Thermokarst Research

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

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  • Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost

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  • Increase in the rate and uniformity of coastline erosion in Arctic Alaska

    Benjamin M. Jones;C.D. Arp;M.T. Jorgenson;Kenneth M. Hinkel

  • High stocks of soil organic carbon in the North American Arctic region

    Chien-Lu Ping;Gary J. Michaelson;Mark T. Jorgenson;John M. Kimble

  • Response of boreal ecosystems to varying modes of permafrost degradation

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  • Permafrost soils and carbon cycling

    C. L. Ping;J. D. Jastrow;M. T. Jorgenson;G. J. Michaelson

  • Physical and ecological changes associated with warming permafrost and thermokarst in Interior Alaska

    T. E. Osterkamp;M. T. Jorgenson;E. A. G. Schuur;Y. L. Shur

  • Observations of Thermokarst and Its Impact on Boreal Forests in Alaska, U.S.A.

    T. E. Osterkamp;L. Viereck;Y. Shur;M. T. Jorgenson

  • Evolution of lakes and basins in northern Alaska and discussion of the thaw lake cycle

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  • Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes

    M. Torre Jorgenson;Jennifer Harden;Mikhail Kanevskiy;Jonathan O'Donnell

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

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  • The Effects of Permafrost Thaw on Soil Hydrologic, Thermal, and Carbon Dynamics in an Alaskan Peatland

    Jonathan A. O'Donnell;M. Torre Jorgenson;Jennifer W. Harden;A. David McGuire

  • Ground ice in the upper permafrost of the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska

    M. Kanevskiy;Y. Shur;M.T. Jorgenson;C.-L. Ping

  • Distribution of near-surface permafrost in Alaska: Estimates of present and future conditions

    Neal J. Pastick;M. Torre Jorgenson;Bruce K. Wylie;Shawn J. Nield

  • A raster version of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM)

    Martha K. Raynolds;Donald A. Walker;Andrew Balser;Christian Bay

  • Airborne electromagnetic imaging of discontinuous permafrost

    Burke J. Minsley;Jared D. Abraham;Bruce D. Smith;James C. Cannia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Bruce K. Wylie
Bruce K. Wylie United States Geological Survey
Benjamin M. Jones
Benjamin M. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Thomas A. Douglas
Thomas A. Douglas Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University
A. David McGuire
A. David McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Chien-Lu Ping
Chien-Lu Ping University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kimberly P. Wickland
Kimberly P. Wickland United States Geological Survey
Martha K. Raynolds
Martha K. Raynolds University of Alaska Fairbanks

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