Ground-ice origin and age on Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruk), Yukon, Canada

• Published in: Quaternary Science Advances
• Main Authors: Sebastian Wetterich, Alexander I. Kizyakov, Thomas Opel, Hendrik Grotheer, Gesine Mollenhauer, Michael Fritz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Stable isotopes; DOC; Ice wedges; Buried glacier ice; Western Canadian Arctic; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Archaeology; CC1-960; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Beaufort Sea; glacier*; Herschel; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2023.100077; https://doaj.org/article/c5f3dd395aac46c18ed7cb5303b8da65

Glacial legacies preserved in permafrost such as buried glacial ice of the last ice age are of increasing concern in the Western Canadian Arctic. Permafrost collapse due to melting ground ice largely follows the margins of the maximum Laurentide Ice Sheet extent and therefore predetermines the postg...