Permafrost and thermal interfaces from Normal Wells pipeline ditchwall logs

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Nixon, J. F. Derick, Saunders, R., Smith, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1991
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Zama Lake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t91-088; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t91-088

During the construction of the Normal Wells pipeline by Interprovincial Pipeline Ltd. in the early 1980s, a continuous ditchwall log was created during ditching for pipeline burial. The ditch was typically 1.2 m deep and stretched continuously from Normal Wells in the Canadian Arctic to Zama Lake in...