Near-shore talik development beneath shallow water in expanding thermokarst lakes, Old Crow Flats, Yukon

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Roy-Leveillee, P. (Pascale), Burn, C. (Christopher R.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; lake; permafrost; talik; themorkarst; tundra; Yukon; Arctic Lake; Talik; Old Crow Flats; Winter Lake; Ice; Old Crow; Thermokarst; Tundra
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/22851; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JF004022

It is generally assumed that permafrost is preserved beneath shallow lakes and ponds in the Western North American Arctic where water depth is less than about two thirds of the late-winter lake ice thickness. Here we present field observations of talik development beneath water as shallow as 0.2 m d...