Predictable Soil Stratigraphy of the Upper Thawed Layer in Permafrost Terrain Controls Hydrological Flows and Dynamics

Michael O'Connor1, M. Bayani Cardenas2, Kindra Diane Nicholaides2, Zach Mungia3, Stephen Bruce Ferencz1, Bethany T Neilson4, Yue WU5, Jingyi Chen6 and George W Kling7, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States, (4)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (5)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Austin, TX, United States, (6)University of Texas at Austin, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Austin, TX, United States, (7)University of Michigan, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, United States