Identifying groundwater discharge zones in the Central Mackenzie Valley using remotely sensed optical and thermal imagery

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Glass, Brittney K., Rudolph, David L., Duguay, Claude, Wicke, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Bogg Creek; Mackenzie Valley; Morse; Northwest Territories; morse
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0169; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2019-0169; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2019-0169

Landsat 4–5 Thematic Mapper, Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager, and RapidEye-3 data sets were used to identify potential groundwater discharge zones, via icings, in the Central Mackenzie Valley (CMV) of the Northwest Territories. Given that this area is undergoing active shale oil exploration and cl...