Solifluction and the Role of Permafrost Creep, Eastern Melville Island, N.W.T., Canada

Abstract In situ measurements of solifluction and permafrost creep on several low‐angled slopes near Rea Point, Melville Island, emphasize that there is no clear relationship between the two processes. Solifluction and permafrost creep are essentially independent in time (e.g. early summer versus la...

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Published in:Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Main Authors: Bennett, L. P., French, H. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1991
Subjects:
Canada
Rea Point
Ice
permafrost
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Melville Island
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430020204
https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.3430020204
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.3430020204
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Summary:Abstract In situ measurements of solifluction and permafrost creep on several low‐angled slopes near Rea Point, Melville Island, emphasize that there is no clear relationship between the two processes. Solifluction and permafrost creep are essentially independent in time (e.g. early summer versus late summer dominance) and mechanics (e.g. the flow of saturated sediments versus the plastic flow of ice‐rich sediments). Such differences are also likely to alter the relative importance of each of these mass‐wasting processes on a slope.

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