Deeply Dissected Tundra Polygons on a Glacio-Fluvial Outwash Plain, Northern Ungava Peninsula, Québec

Deeply dissected tundra polygons are described from the continuous permafrost environment of northernmost Ungava. They are developed on a glacial outwash plain, formed subsequent to déglaciation of the site about 7,500 BP. The exposed surfaces of the polygons are sparsely vegetated and aeolian defla...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Géographie physique et Quaternaire
Main Authors: Gray, James T., Seppälä, Matti
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1991
Subjects:
geo
Ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7202/032850ar
http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/032850ar