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

• 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

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.