Stratigraphy of the Mackenzie River delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Main Authors: Johnston, G. H., Brown, R. J. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol; stratigraphy; stratigraphie; cold regions; zone froide; estuaries; estuaire; Canada; Inuvik; Mackenzie River; Northwest Territories; Ice; Ice Sheet; Mackenzie river; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[103:SOTMRD]2.0.CO;2; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=a8cb2373-b00c-4c6e-8b2b-f42d1b170f24; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=a8cb2373-b00c-4c6e-8b2b-f42d1b170f24; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=a8cb2373-b00c-4c6e-8b2b-f42d1b170f24

An investigation was carried out in April 1961 to determine the distribution of permafrost under and adjacent to a small lake in the Mackenzie River delta near the new townsite of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. Using drilling methods, deposits were sampled to bedrock at a depth of about 230...