Aeolian sediment transport during winter, Black Top Creek, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Antoni G. Lewkowicz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ellesmere Island; Eureka; Fosheim Peninsula; Black Top Creek; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199801/03)9:13.0.CO;2-L

Northerly winds of 25 m s−1, and possibly in excess of 40 m s−1, occurred for about one hour in the Eureka area on 18 February 1991. In the valley of Black Top Creek, the effects of these winds were dominantly (1) deflation of fine sediments on north‐east‐facing slopes, leaving a patchy soil crust p...