Massive ice of the Tuktoyaktuk area, western Arctic coast, Canada
The extensive coastal exposure of massive underground ice at Peninsula Point, southwest of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, is believed to be intrasedimental ice. The ice grew beneath a frozen diamicton during the downward aggradation of permafrost. The water source was probably glacier meltwater...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1992
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e92-099 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e92-099 |