Changes in thaw lake drainage in the Western Canadian Arctic from 1950 to 2000

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Marsh, Philip, Russell, Mark, Pohl, Stefan, Haywood, Heather, Onclin, Cuyler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; High Lake; Rapid Lake; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7179; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.7179; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.7179

Abstract The permafrost of the Western Canadian Arctic has a very high ground ice content. As a result, the vast number of thaw lakes in this area are very sensitive to a changing climate. With thaw lakes prone to either increases in area due to thermokarst processes, or complete drainage in less th...