Shallow sediment temperature perturbations and sediment thermal conductivities, Canadian Beaufort Shelf

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Taylor, Alan E., Allen, Vic
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Beaufort Shelf; Beaufort Sea; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-210; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e87-210

A regional survey of sediment temperatures and thermal conductivities was conducted at 33 stations across the outer shelf of the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Techniques developed for deep-ocean heat-flow investigations were used to study the upper 3 m of sediments. Temperature–depth profiles exhibit curva...