Physical and chemical characteristics of lakes across heterogeneous landscapes in arctic and subarctic Alaska
Larsen AS, O'Donnell JA, Schmidt JH, Kristenson HJ, Swanson DK. Physical and chemical characteristics of lakes across heterogeneous landscapes in arctic and subarctic Alaska. Research Permit and Reporting System
We investigated the physical and chemical limnology of 617 lakes in Alaska’s boreal forest and boreal-arctic transition zone. We categorized lakes into 10 basin types based on parent material, topography, genesis, and permafrost characteristics. Physical parameters varied across lake basin types, with the deepest lakes occurring in ice-poor glacial deposits and ice-rich terrain, while the shallowest lakes were observed in floodplain deposits and coastal lowlands.
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- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Larsen, Amy; O'Donnell, Jonathan; Schmidt, J; Kristenson, H; Swanson, D
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- Research Permit and Reporting System
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- WRST