An experimental study on the influence of climatic fluctuations on solifluction, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories.

• Main Author: Clarke, Shawne Arianne.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 1998
• Subjects: Physical Geography.; Ellesmere Island; Fosheim Peninsula; Hot Weather Creek; Northwest Territories; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-10308; http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/4538

A field experiment, involving direct manipulation of surface microclimate, was undertaken in the continuous permafrost zone to examine the influence of climatic fluctuations on solifluction rates and movements throughout the active layer. Movements and soil temperature were measured continuously fro...