Geomorphology of a thermo-erosion gully, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada 1 This article is one of a series of papers published in this CJES Special Issue on the theme of Fundamental and applied research on permafrost in Canada. 2 Polar Continental Shelf Project Contribution 043-11.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Godin, Etienne, Fortier, Daniel
• Other Authors: Burn, Chris R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Nunavut; Bylot Island; Canada; The Gully; glacier*; permafrost; Polar Continental Shelf Project
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e2012-015; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/e2012-015; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e2012-015

A thermo-erosion gully has been monitored in the valley of glacier C-79 on Bylot Island since 1999. The main channel of the gully reached 390 m in length a few months after its initiation and grew between 38 and 50 m/year over the following decade, for an overall approximated average of 75 m/year. I...