Paleo-Hydrothermal Predecessor to Perennial Spring Activity in Thick Permafrost in the Canadian High Arctic, and Its Relation to Deep Salt Structures: Expedition Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut

• Published in: Geofluids
• Main Authors: Zentilli, Marcos, Omelon, Christopher R., Hanley, Jacob James, 1976-, LeFort, Darren Thomas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2019
• Subjects: Permafrost > Nunavut > Axel Heiberg Island; Mineralogy > Nunavut > Axel Heiberg Island; Sulfide minerals > Nunavut > Axel Heiberg Island; Salt springs > Nunavut > Axel Heiberg Island; Veins (Geology) > Nunavut > Axel Heiberg Island; Salt domes > Nunavut > Axel Heiberg Island; Geochemistry > Nunavut > Axel Heiberg Island; Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Expedition Fiord; Heiberg; North Pole; Nunavut; White Glacier; Arctic Archipelago; permafrost; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/30012

Published version It is surprising to encounter active saline spring activity at a constant 6° C temperature year-round not far away from the North Pole, at latitude 79° 24′N, where the permafrost is ca. 600 m thick and average annual temperature is -15° C. These perennial springs in Expedition Fior...