Massive ground ice and ice-cored terrain near Sabine Point, Yukon Coastal Plain

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Harry, D. G., French, H. M., Pollard, W. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1988
• Subjects: Sabine Point; Yukon; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e88-174; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e88-174

Massive ground ice, 5–6 m in thickness, is exposed within retrogressive thaw flow slides near Sabine Point, Yukon Territory. The ice is present near the upper surface of Buckland Till and is overlain and thaw truncated by mudflow sediments and a thick unit of peat and organic silt. Cryotextural and...