Determining the terrain characteristics related to the surface expression of subsurface water pressurization in permafrost landscapes using susceptibility modelling

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. E. Holloway, A. C. A. Rudy, S. F. Lamoureux, P. M. Treitz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Canada; Cape Bounty; Gam; Ice; permafrost; The Cryosphere; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1403-2017; https://doaj.org/article/b1aea1343ea3411f8c28894f7232ab44

Warming of the Arctic in recent years has led to changes in the active layer and uppermost permafrost. In particular, thick active layer formation results in more frequent thaw of the ice-rich transient layer. This addition of moisture, as well as infiltration from late season precipitation, results...