Near-surface ground-ice distribution, Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary, Western Arctic Coast, Canada
The variation in near-surface ground-ice content of the uppermost 1 m of permafrost was examined by drilling 71 sites within the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary of the outer Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories. The primary aims of the research were
: 1) to characterise near-surface ground-ice conditions by terrain type; 2) to investigate the geomorphological controls on ground-ice development; and 3) to estimate, for alluvial wetlands, the combined effect of potential subsidence from ground-ice
Estimating the extent of near-surface permafrost using remote sensing, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories
The extent of near-surface permafrost, or perennially frozen ground within 3 m of the surface, was estimated for the Mackenzie River delta by determining its association with riparian vegetation communities in the field, and by subsequently mapping
Vegetation-permafrost relations within the forest-tundra ecotone near Old Crow, Northern Yukon, Canada
Old Crow Flats is a glaciolacustrine plain that straddles the forest-tundra ecotone in northern Yukon. Annual mean near-surface permafrost temperatures (Tps) measured on the Flats between 2008 and 2011 in patches of taiga, tall shrubs and low shrubs