The permafrost regime in the Mackenzie Delta, Beaufort Sea region, N.W.T. and its significance to the reconstruction of the palaeoclimatic history

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Allen, Diana M., Michel, Frederick A., Judge, Alan S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1988
• Subjects: Mackenzie Bay; Mackenzie Delta; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Beaufort Sea; Ice; permafrost; Richards Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390030103; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.3390030103; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.3390030103

Abstract Observed depths to the base of the ice‐bearing permafrost (!BPF) as determined from geophysical well‐log and survey information in the Mackenzie Delta and offshore Beaufort Sea continental shelf show significant variation. Depths range from over 700m beneath the northeastern portion of Rich...