The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada
Abstract An examination of soil thermal and hydrologic regimes at several sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, and the ground‐ice stratigraphy of a thaw‐slump headwall close to these sites supports the hypothesis that an ice‐rich zone, frequently observed at the base of the active layer, may be due to...
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crwiley:10.1002/jqs.3390030106 2024-09-15T18:11:22+00:00 The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada Burn, C. R. 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390030106 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.3390030106 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.3390030106 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Quaternary Science volume 3, issue 1, page 31-38 ISSN 0267-8179 1099-1417 journal-article 1988 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3390030106 2024-07-30T04:19:01Z Abstract An examination of soil thermal and hydrologic regimes at several sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, and the ground‐ice stratigraphy of a thaw‐slump headwall close to these sites supports the hypothesis that an ice‐rich zone, frequently observed at the base of the active layer, may be due to the annual water balance of permafrost. Observations demonstrate that ice lenses have grown at the top of permafrost in soil tubes installed in 1983. In addition, 90 cm of segregated ice are exposed in the thaw‐slump headwall above a thaw unconformity, dated at 8870 ± 200 years BP, but below the base of the present active layer. These data suggest that the rate of water incorporation into permafrost over the last 8000 years in the Mayo area has been at least 0.1 mm yr −1 . Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Mayo permafrost Yukon Wiley Online Library Journal of Quaternary Science 3 1 31 38 |
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Abstract An examination of soil thermal and hydrologic regimes at several sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, and the ground‐ice stratigraphy of a thaw‐slump headwall close to these sites supports the hypothesis that an ice‐rich zone, frequently observed at the base of the active layer, may be due to the annual water balance of permafrost. Observations demonstrate that ice lenses have grown at the top of permafrost in soil tubes installed in 1983. In addition, 90 cm of segregated ice are exposed in the thaw‐slump headwall above a thaw unconformity, dated at 8870 ± 200 years BP, but below the base of the present active layer. These data suggest that the rate of water incorporation into permafrost over the last 8000 years in the Mayo area has been at least 0.1 mm yr −1 . |
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Burn, C. R. The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada |
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The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada |
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The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada |
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The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada |
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The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada |
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The development of near‐surface ground ice during the Holocene at sites near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada |
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development of near‐surface ground ice during the holocene at sites near mayo, yukon territory, canada |
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