Granulometry and sediment characteristics of thaw slumps on Herschel Island and the Yukon Coast, Yukon Territory, Canada, taken in 2012 and 2013 ...

• Main Author: Weege, Stefanie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2017
• Subjects: Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Sample code/label; Sample type; Texture; Sediment type; Grain size, mean; Sorting; Skewness; Kurtosis; Grain size description; Sorting description; Skewness description; Kurtosis description; Median, grain size; Gravel; Sand; Silt; Size fraction < 0.063 mm, mud, silt+clay; Size fraction 64-32 mm, very coarse gravel, pebble; Size fraction 32-16 mm, coarse gravel, pebble; Size fraction 16-8 mm, medium gravel; Size fraction 8.0-4.0 mm, fine gravel; Size fraction 4.0-2.0 mm, very fine gravel, granule; Size fraction 2.000-1.000 mm, -1.0-0.0 phi, very coarse sand; Size fraction 1.000-0.500 mm, 0.0-1.0 phi, coarse sand; Size fraction 0.500-0.250 mm, 1.0-2.0 phi, medium sand; Size fraction 0.250-0.125 mm, 2.0-3.0 phi, fine sand; Size fraction 0.125-0.063 mm, 3.0-4.0 phi, very fine sand; Size fraction 0.063-0.032 mm, 4.0-5.0 phi, very coarse silt; Size fraction 0.032-0.016 mm, 5.0-6.0 phi, coarse silt; Size fraction 0.016-0.008 mm, 6.0-7.0 phi, medium silt; Size fraction 0.008-0.004 mm, 7.0-8.0 phi, fine silt; Size fraction 0.004-0.002 mm, 8.0-9.0 phi, very fine silt; Size fraction < 0.002 mm, clay; Multiple investigations; Sampling by hand; Permafrost Research Periglacial Dynamics @ AWI AWI_PerDyn; Herschel; Herschel Island; permafrost; Yukon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.881034; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.881034