Cryostratigraphy and ground-ice content of the upper permafrost in Alaska and Northern Canada, 2018-2023 ...

This dataset contains information on cryostratigraphy and ground-ice content of the upper permafrost, which was based on the results of 22 field trips in 2018-2023. Field studies were performed in various regions of Alaska and Canadian Arctic including the following study areas: Utqiagvik (former Ba...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kanevskiy, Mikhail, Shur, Yuri, Jones, Benjamin, Jorgenson, M Torre
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2024
Subjects:
permafrost
ground ice
cryostratigraphy
ice wedges
cryostructures
Arctic
Bylot Island
Canada
Fairbanks
Inuvik
Tuktoyaktuk
Barrow
Ice
Prudhoe Bay
wedge*
Alaska
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2qr4ns3d
https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2QR4NS3D
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Summary:This dataset contains information on cryostratigraphy and ground-ice content of the upper permafrost, which was based on the results of 22 field trips in 2018-2023. Field studies were performed in various regions of Alaska and Canadian Arctic including the following study areas: Utqiagvik (former Barrow), Teshekpuk Lake, Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Toolik Lake, Jago River, Itkillik River, Anaktuvuk River, Fairbanks, Dalton Highway, Glennallen, Point Lay, Bylot Island (Canada), Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk (Canada). Cryostratigraphy of the upper permafrost was studied mainly in coastal and riverbank exposures and frozen cores obtained from drilling with the SIPRE corer. Permafrost exposures and cores were described and photographed in the field, and obtained soil samples were delivered to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for additional descriptions and analyses. Ice contents of frozen soils (including gravimetric and volumetric moisture content, excess-ice content) were measured. The dataset includes cryostratigraphic ...

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