Alluvial fan formation near Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Main Authors: Legget, R. F., Brown, R. J. E., Johnston, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: permafrost; soils; alluvial soils; cold regions; site surveying; erosion; pergélisol; sol; sol alluvial; zone froide; planimétrie; érosion; Aklavik; Canada; Fleuve Mackenzie; Gravier; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Richardson Mountains; Mackenzie river; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1966)77[15:AFFNAN]2.0.CO;2; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=8bf680a3-5896-42e6-b76d-6fe554ab73de; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=8bf680a3-5896-42e6-b76d-6fe554ab73de; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=8bf680a3-5896-42e6-b76d-6fe554ab73de

When the Canadian Government decided to relocate the town of Aklavik in the delta of the Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, the search for a new site involved detailed site investigations of four prospective locations. One was on the gently sloping surface of an alluvial fan between the Richard...