Processes controlling the rapid drainage of two ice‐rich permafrost‐dammed lakes in NW Canada

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Marsh, Philip, Neumann, Natasha N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Canada; Dammed Lake; Valley Creek; Trail Valley Creek; Creek Lake; glacier*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1035; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.1035; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.1035

Abstract This paper considers the processes controlling the rapid drainage of ice‐rich permafrost‐dammed lakes. It is postulated that the primary process controlling lake drainage is the melting of ice‐rich permafrost, in a manner similar to that controlling the drainage of glacier‐dammed lakes. Two...