Cavity development in ice‐rich permafrost, Pangnirtung, Baffin Island, northwest territories

Cavity development in ice‐rich permafrost at Pangnirtung followed a large rainstorm and runoff event in 1984. The cavities evolved along permeable zones in sediments containing segregated ice lenses. Cavities promoted subsurface flow and incremental collapse of the ground surface. Once formed, cavit...

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Published in:Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Main Author: James A. Hyatt
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Baffin Island
Northwest Territories
Pangnirtung
Baffin
Ice
permafrost
pergélisol
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430030404

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