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SUBMITTER: Jones BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4625366 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Benjamin M BM Grosse Guido G Arp Christopher D CD Miller Eric E Liu Lin L Hayes Daniel J DJ Larsen Christopher F CF
Scientific reports 20151029
Fire-induced permafrost degradation is well documented in boreal forests, but the role of fires in initiating thermokarst development in Arctic tundra is less well understood. Here we show that Arctic tundra fires may induce widespread thaw subsidence of permafrost terrain in the first seven years following the disturbance. Quantitative analysis of airborne LiDAR data acquired two and seven years post-fire, detected permafrost thaw subsidence across 34% of the burned tundra area studied, compare ...[more]