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Area
Latitude
Longitude
Elev. (m)
(m)
(°C)
Conditions
References
Mongolia, Hovsgol
49-52N
989-102E
1,547-1,864
1.0-3.0
−3
Fine texture soils
Sharkhuu (
2003
) and Sharkhuu
et al. (
2007
)
Mongolia, Hovsgol
49-52N
989-102E
1,547-1,864
4-6
−3
Coarse- textured soils
Sharkhuu (
2003
) and Sharkhuu
et al. (
2007
)
Old Man Range, NZ
45S
169E
1,670
Billings and Mark (
1961
)
Tatra Mtns., Poland
49N
20E
<2,600
−4
Skiba (
2007
)
Ben Ohau, Mt. Cook, NZ
44S
170E
Birkeland (
1984
)
Rocky Mtns., AB, Canada
50N
115W
2,300-2,700
≥
1.5
Harris and Brown (
1982
)
Rocky Mtns., AB, Canada
51N
116W
2,240-2,969
<0
No cryosols
Knapik et al. (
1973
)
Uinta Mtns., UT, USA
41N
110W
3,528-3,735
−2.5
No cryosols
Bockheim and Koerner (
1997
)
and Munroe (
2007
)
W, N Caucasus
43N
45E
<3,100
−2.9
No cryosols
Molchanov (
2008
,
2010
)
Carpathian Mtns., Czech Rep.
47N
25E
<1,750
<0
Pelí
ŝ
ek (
1973
)
Swedish Lapland
68N
18E
<1,585
−2
No cryosols
Darmody et al. (
2000
)
N. Norway
61N
8E
1,170-1,455
−2
No cryosols
Darmody et al. (
2005
)
QTP, Huashixia
31N
35E
-
4-7
−4.1
Dörfer et al. (
2013
)
QTP, Damxung
30N
91E
4,400-5,300
1.5
Ohtsuka et al. (
2008
)
QTP, Golmud- Lhasa transect
30-36N
91-101E
1.3-3.5
Pang et al. (
2009
)
QTP, Golmud- Lhasa transect
32-36N
91-94
4,400-5,100
1.0-3.5
−1.8 to −
7.1
Li et al. (
2012
)
QTP, Chang Tang
33-35N
79-85E
4,500-5,300
>2.0
−0.2
Wu et al. (
2012
)