DYKES ON PERMAFROST, KELSEY GENERATING STATION, MANITOBA

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Author: Johnston, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Kelsey Generating Station; Nelson River; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t69-013; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t69-013

Performance studies of two major, but relatively small (2000-ft (~610m) long, maximum height 20 ft (6.1 m)), sand dykes constructed on perennially frozen ground were initiated in 1958 at the Kelsey Generating Station of Manitoba Hydro on the Nelson River. Permafrost occurred under these dykes in sca...