Simulating Active Layer Thaw in a Boreal Environment

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Woo, Ming-ko, Mollinga, Michael, Smith, Sharon L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie Valley; Wrigley; Ice; permafrost; pergélisol
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/016361ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/016361ar

A large part of the boreal zone of the western Canadian Arctic is underlain by ice-rich discontinuous permafrost which when thawed, can lead to settlement of the ground surface that has implications for the integrity of northern infrastructure, including oil and gas pipelines. A simple yet physicall...