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The zoning boundaries of permafrost are theoretically determined from the relation between permafrost and modern climate in this paper. The boundary elevations are given in a profile. There are many phenomena demonstrating a common degeneration, such as buried frozen soil, pseudo-permafrost landforms, variations of patchy permafrost table, multigelation, and vegetation changing in different regions. The important conclusion is that a basic trend of the permafrost changing in the plateau is degeneration.
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Zhu, L., Wu, Z., Liu, Y. et al. Permafrost degeneration in the east of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Chin. Geograph.Sc. 6, 231–238 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-996-0025-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-996-0025-2