Permafrost response to climate change: Linking field observation with numerical simulation

• Main Authors: Hayashi, Masaki, Rivière, Agnès, Quinton, William .L., McKenzie, Jeffrey. M., Voss, Clifford I.
• Other Authors: University of Calgary, Centre de Géosciences (GEOSCIENCES), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada, United States Geological Survey Reston (USGS), AGU
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Northwest Territories; Canada; Scotty Creek; Ice; Peat; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01396267

International audience The Scotty Creek basin (152 km2) is located in the Northwest Territories, Canada, within the peat-covered discontinuous permafrost zone with a high density of wetlands. The extensive peat layer (up to 3-4 m thick) is underlain by generally clay-rich glacial sediments. The land...