Ground-ice origin and age on Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk), Yukon, Canada

• Published in: Quaternary Science Advances
• Main Authors: Wetterich, Sebastian, Kizyakov, Alexander I, Opel, Thomas, Grotheer, Hendrik, Mollenhauer, Gesine, Fritz, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier BV 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Beaufort Sea; glacier*; Herschel; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57636/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57636/1/Wetterich_et_al_2023.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.c0d13f98-7b4a-4a73-a548-75fa7abfdd2e

Glacial legacies preserved in permafrost such as buried glacial ice of the last ice age are of increasing concern in the Western Canadian Arctic. Permafrost collapse due to melting ground ice largely follows the margins of the maximum Laurentide Ice Sheet extent and therefore predetermines the postg...