Syngenetic dynamic of permafrost of a polar desert solifluction lobe, Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Verpaelst, Manuel, Fortier, Daniel, Kanevskiy, Mikhail, Paquette, Michel, Shur, Yuri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; Nunavut; Ward Hunt Island; Arctic; Ice; permafrost; polar desert
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0018; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2016-0018; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2016-0018

Repeated freeze–thaw cycles on slopes trigger sorting and solifluction mass movements, while subsequent displacement of material modifies the geomorphology of slopes as well as permafrost dynamics. This study focuses on the geomorphology and the cryostratigraphy of a polar desert stone-banked solifl...