Active layer slope movement in a continuous permafrost environment, Garry Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Mackay, J. Ross
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1981
• Subjects: Ice; Northwest Territories; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e81-154; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e81-154

Field investigations have been carried out at Garry Island, N.W.T. for the 1964–1980 period in order to study downslope active layer movement at sites with two-sided (downward and upward) freezing and active ice-wedge growth. Movements have been determined with reference to semi-flexible plastic tub...