Late Quaternary history of the Mackenzie–Beaufort region, Arctic Canada, from modelling of permafrost temperatures. 1. The onshore–offshore transition
Five offshore drill holes northeast of Richards Island reveal permafrost conditions, which are interpreted in terms of the sea-level and paleoenvironmental history of the Canadian Beaufort Shelf. The top of ice-bonded permafrost lies 76–88 m below the seabed within 12 km of the shore, 11 m below the...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1996
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e96-006 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e96-006 |