Thaw depth characteristics over five thaw seasons following installation of a simulated transport corridor, Tulita, NWT, Canada

• Main Authors: Sabine Nolte, G. Peter Kershaw, Bonnie J. Gallinger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Canada; Tulita; permafrost; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1530(199801/03)9:13.0.CO;2-4

A simulated transport corridor or right‐of‐way (ROW) and pipeline trench were constructed in a decadent Picea mariana stand underlain by permafrost 10 km north of Tulita, NWT. Between 1986 and 1990 thaw depth was monitored. Initially, the mean thaw depth in the undisturbed control forest was 35·0 cm...