Ground Ice Content and Geochemistry of Active Layer and Permafrost in Northwestern Arctic Canada

• Main Author: Fontaine, Marielle
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2016
• Subjects: geochemistry; thaw unconformity; active layer; relict active layer; permafrost; northwestern Arctic Canada; Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4005; http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/33428

This study aimed to contribute to baseline knowledge of permafrost geochemistry within the uppermost 3-4 m of permafrost at 8 sites on the Peel Plateau and east of the Mackenzie Delta, NWT (67-68oN). The following variables were measured: gravimetric water content (GWC), pore water conductivity (PWC...