Lithalsa Formation and Holocene Lake‐Level Recession, Great Slave Lowland, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Wolfe, S. A., Morse, P. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Glacial Lake; Great Slave Lake; Yellowknife River; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1901; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.1901; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.1901

Abstract Lithalsas (ice‐cored permafrost mounds) are common within silty clay sediments of the Great Slave Lowland, a low‐relief bedrock plain extending to about 50 m above Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. Following retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, sediment deposition in the lowland acco...