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Table 2.1 (continued)
Active-layer
depth (m)
Permafrost
temp. (ᄚC)
Station
Latitude (ᄚ)
Longitude (ᄚ)
Elev. (m)
Alpine
Western Cordillera, USA
37-49.5, 60-70N
105-115W
>3,500
2.0->5.0
−1.5 to −2.5
Western Cordillera, Canada
51-60N
115-140W
>2,180->3,000
-
−0.1 to −1.0
Brooks Range
68-69N
143-161W
>500
0.3-1.5
Appalachian Mountains
42-45N
71W
>1,200-1,800
>2
-
Andes Mountains,
South America
20-57S
70-78W
>1,500->5,000
3.0-9.0
0
Fennoscandia mountains
63-70N
14-30E
>1,400->1,800
1.4-3.0
−3.0 to −4.0
Iceland
64-66N
14-23E
>800->1,000
0.5-0.6
-
Svalbard
77-78N
11-25E
>30
0.9-1.0
−6.3
European Alps
44-47N
6-15E
>2,400->3,000
0.5-8.0
−0.5 to −2.5
Pyrenees
42N
1W-2E
>2,700
-
-
Carpathians
44-48N
24-27E
>2,100
-
-
Urals
50-60N
58-60E
>550->
0.3-0.5
-
Caucasus
41-43N
40-48E
>2,800->3,000
-
-
Himalayas-Karakoram-
Hindu Kush (Qinghai-
Tibet Plateau)
30-40N
70-105E
>4,600->5,000
1.0-7
−0.5 to −3.5
Altai Mtns., Mongolia
45-53N
87-97E
>2,400->3,600
1.0-10.0
−0.14 to −1.6
Pamir-Tien Shan-Djunder Alatau
40-44N
69-95E
>2,700->3,000
0.5-4
−0.3 to −6.7
Yablonoi-Sayan-
Stanovoi Mtns., Siberia
50-52N
92-120E
>1,750
>0.5
Japanese Alps
44N
143E
>1,600->2,000
1.0-5.5
-
The table will appear in Bockheim and Munroe ( 2014 ) with all of the references
 
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