Description of the Only Known Fen-Palsa in the Contiguous United States
- 30 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Arctic and Alpine Research
- Vol. 16 (2) , 255-258
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1551077
Abstract
An approximately 8-ha fen-palsa is located in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming, at an altitude of 2950 m. The graminoid palsa is raised 1 m above a surrounding Carex fen and subalpine wet meadow. It is underlain by permafrost at a depth of 38 to 46 cm. Thermokarst topography, including thaw depression lakes, characterize the palsa. This is the only known palsa in the 48 contiguous USA and represents the southernmost such occurrence in North America.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Growth and decay of palsas and peat plateaus in the Macmillan Pass–Tsichu River area, Northwest Territories, CanadaCanadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1979