Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada
Abstract The two main theories for the origin of the thick bodies of massive ground ice known to exist in the Western Canadian Arctic are (1) segregation‐injection and (2) buried glacier ice. Because buried glacier ice may contain significant quantities of stratified debris and may have experienced...
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crwiley:10.1002/ppp.3430010105 2024-06-02T08:00:58+00:00 Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada French, H. M. Harry, D. G. 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430010105 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.3430010105 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.3430010105 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Permafrost and Periglacial Processes volume 1, issue 1, page 31-43 ISSN 1045-6740 1099-1530 journal-article 1990 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430010105 2024-05-03T11:18:17Z Abstract The two main theories for the origin of the thick bodies of massive ground ice known to exist in the Western Canadian Arctic are (1) segregation‐injection and (2) buried glacier ice. Because buried glacier ice may contain significant quantities of stratified debris and may have experienced thawing and refreezing (regelation) on several occasions, it may be very difficult to distinguish between massive segregated ice and buried basal glacier ice. By use of cryostratigraphic and cryotextural (petrofabric) observations, massive ground ice bodies observed in the Sandhills Moraine, southern Banks Island, and the southern Eskimo Lakes region, Pleistocene Mackenzie Delta, are both interpreted as basal glacier ice. Other massive ground ice bodies which have been examined in the Western Canadian Arctic are best explained in terms of segregation‐injection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Banks Island eskimo* glacier* Mackenzie Delta Permafrost and Periglacial Processes Wiley Online Library Arctic Canada Mackenzie Delta ENVELOPE(-136.672,-136.672,68.833,68.833) Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 1 1 31 43 |
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Abstract The two main theories for the origin of the thick bodies of massive ground ice known to exist in the Western Canadian Arctic are (1) segregation‐injection and (2) buried glacier ice. Because buried glacier ice may contain significant quantities of stratified debris and may have experienced thawing and refreezing (regelation) on several occasions, it may be very difficult to distinguish between massive segregated ice and buried basal glacier ice. By use of cryostratigraphic and cryotextural (petrofabric) observations, massive ground ice bodies observed in the Sandhills Moraine, southern Banks Island, and the southern Eskimo Lakes region, Pleistocene Mackenzie Delta, are both interpreted as basal glacier ice. Other massive ground ice bodies which have been examined in the Western Canadian Arctic are best explained in terms of segregation‐injection. |
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French, H. M. Harry, D. G. Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada |
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Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada |
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Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada |
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Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada |
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Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada |
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observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, canada |
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