Observations on buried glacier ice and massive segregated ice, western arctic coast, Canada

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: H. M. French, D. G. Harry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Banks Island; eskimo*; esquimaux; glacier*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430010105

The two main theories for the origin of the thick bodies of massive ground ice known to exist in the Western Canadian Arctic are (1) segregation‐injection and (2) buried glacier ice. Because buried glacier ice may contain significant quantities of stratified debris and may have experienced thawing a...