TY - JOUR N2 - Research on permafrost in the Abisko area of northern Sweden date from the 1950s. A mean annual air temperature of −3°C in the Abisko mountains (i.e. 1000 m a.s.l.) and −1°C beyond the mountain area at an altitude of around 400m suggests that both moun− tain and arctic permafrost occur there. Several geophysical surveys were performed by means of resistivity tomography (ERT) and electromagnetic mapping (EM). Wherever pos− sible the geophysical survey results were calibrated by digging tests pits. The results show that permafrost occurs extensively in the mountain areas, especially those above 900m a.s.l. and also sporadically at lower altitudes. At 400 m a.s.l. permafrost may be up to 30 m thick. Its thickness and extent are determined largely by the very variable local rock and soil con− ditions. Fossil permafrost is also likely to occur in this area. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108305/PDF-MASTER/article-p141.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108305 PY - 2010 IS - No 2 EP - 158 KW - Arctic KW - Abisko KW - permafrost KW - geophysics A1 - Dobiński, Wojciech PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research DA - 2010 T1 - Geophysical characteristics of permafrost in the Abisko area, northern Sweden SP - 141 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/108305 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -