Periglacial features developed on the exposed lake bottoms of seven lakes that drained rapidly after 1950, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula area, western Arctic coast, Canada

• Main Author: J. Ross Mackay
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199901/03)10:13.0.CO;2-R

A variety of periglacial features have been studied on the exposed bottoms of seven lakes that drained rapidly after 1950 in the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula area, western Arctic coast, Canada. Ice‐wedge growth commenced as early as the first winter following drainage. In most areas, ice‐wedge growth cease...