Dykes on permafrost, Kelsey Generating Station, Manitoba

• Main Author: Johnston, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1969
• Subjects: permafrost; soils; dikes; settlement; freeze thaw cycles; pergélisol; sol; digue; tassement; gel dégel; Kelsey Generating Station; Nelson River
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=14e78a34-7574-4ae4-b8ac-c7bd80d47205; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=14e78a34-7574-4ae4-b8ac-c7bd80d47205; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=14e78a34-7574-4ae4-b8ac-c7bd80d47205

Performance studies of two major, but relatively small (2000- ft (~610 m) long, maximum height 20 ft (6.1 m), sand dykes constructed on perennially frozen ground were initiated in 1958 at the Kelsey Generating Station of Manitoba Hydro on the Nelson River. Permafrost occurred under these dykes in sc...