Near surface ground ice sediments of the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada
The ice content of near-surface permafrost was determined at more than 70 sites in the Mackenzie Delta. The principal objectives of this paper are : to describe near-surface ground-ice contents for different alluvial terrain types in the Mackenzie
Delta; to identify the factors that influence the development of near-surface ground ice; and to examine the influence of ground ice on the flooding hydrology of terrestrial environments in the Mackenzie Delta.
Ground ice and soluble cations in near-surface permafrost, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
The distribution of segregated ice and soluble ions in near-surface permafrost were investigated in hummocky terrain near Inuvik. The purposes of this paper are : to present the profiles of ice content in near-surface permafrost from the site
; to determine the rates of moisture migration into permafrost at the site; to describe the geochemical characteristics of the active layer and near surface permafrost; and to estimate moisture and cation contributions to the base of the active layer during
The purposes of this paper are to discuss the geochemistry of the active layer and near-surface permafrost in cryosolic soils on northeastern Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, and to determine the effect of permafrost degradation on soil and surface