Characteristics and persistence of relict high-altitude permafrost on Mahan Mountain, Loess Plateau, China
China ; Climatic change ; Ground ice ; Heat flow ; Inheritated geomorphological features ; Loess ; Model ; Peat ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Plateau ; Qinghai ; Tibet
Cambio climático ; China ; Flujo térmico ; Herencia geomorfológica ; Hielo del suelo ; Loess ; Meseta ; Modelo ; Pergelisol ; Periglaciar ; Tibet ; Tsinghai ; Turba
Mahan Mountain is the only region in the Loess Plateau (China) where permafrost persists. The permafrost is typical warm permafrost and remains in a very fragile and sensitive state. The distribution and thermal state of permafrost on Mahan Mountain