Ground ice associated with granular deposits in the Tuktoyaktuk coastlands

• Main Authors: Rj. Gowan, S. R. Dallimors
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Mackenzie Delta; Mer de Beaufort; Tuktoyaktuk; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.558.6683; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/cpc/CPC5-283.pdf

Bodies of massive ground ice are commonly associated with deposits of granular materials in the Mackenzie Delta- Beaufort Sea region. In this paper, data on ground ice occurrences in granular deposits of glaciofluvial origin have been summarized from geotechnical borehole data collected from previou...