Some observations on the influence of climatic and terrain features on permafrost at Norman Wells, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Brown, R. J. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol; Canada; Norman Wells; Tamarack; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/e65-003; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=83990133-6212-4797-a58c-42c79811818e; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=83990133-6212-4797-a58c-42c79811818e; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=83990133-6212-4797-a58c-42c79811818e

During the summer of 1959 and 1960, field observations of the influence of some climatic and terrain features on permafrost were carried out at Norman Wells, N.W.T. Five sites all underlain by perennially frozen ground, were selected for investigation. One site was a Thornthwaite potential evapotran...