Issues in Canadian permafrost research
Recent Canadian research on permafrost is reviewed, concentrating on permafrost- climate relations, the processes of thermokarst, ice-wedge development, frost heave and soil convection, and ground ice studies. This field of geomorphology is often of direct interest to engineers and managers of north...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/030913339301700204 2024-10-13T14:05:21+00:00 Issues in Canadian permafrost research Burn, C.R. Smith, M.W. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030913339301700204 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/030913339301700204 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment volume 17, issue 2, page 156-172 ISSN 0309-1333 1477-0296 journal-article 1993 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/030913339301700204 2024-10-01T04:11:13Z Recent Canadian research on permafrost is reviewed, concentrating on permafrost- climate relations, the processes of thermokarst, ice-wedge development, frost heave and soil convection, and ground ice studies. This field of geomorphology is often of direct interest to engineers and managers of northern resource development. While industrial activity in the Arctic is currently slow, concern for the effects of permafrost stability of global climate warming has stimulated research. Much of the work on the potential consequences to permafrost of climate change is by modelling: there are yet few relevant field data, although this is crucial for model evaluation. Studies of permafrost processes usually rely on geotechnical or geophysical theory too: the review concentrates on the use of field evidence in support of analytical models of landform development. Current research on ground ice is of a more geological nature: we examine approaches to the delineation and origin of massive ice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Ice permafrost Thermokarst wedge* SAGE Publications Arctic Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 17 2 156 172 |
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Recent Canadian research on permafrost is reviewed, concentrating on permafrost- climate relations, the processes of thermokarst, ice-wedge development, frost heave and soil convection, and ground ice studies. This field of geomorphology is often of direct interest to engineers and managers of northern resource development. While industrial activity in the Arctic is currently slow, concern for the effects of permafrost stability of global climate warming has stimulated research. Much of the work on the potential consequences to permafrost of climate change is by modelling: there are yet few relevant field data, although this is crucial for model evaluation. Studies of permafrost processes usually rely on geotechnical or geophysical theory too: the review concentrates on the use of field evidence in support of analytical models of landform development. Current research on ground ice is of a more geological nature: we examine approaches to the delineation and origin of massive ice. |
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