The ecology and dynamics of ice wedge degradation in high-centre polygonal terrain in the uplands of the Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Steedman, Audrey Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Lantz, Trevor Charles
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie Delta; Inuvik; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; wedge*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5818

Graduate Climate warming has the potential to alter the structure and function of Arctic ecosystems in ways that are not fully understood. Polygonal terrain is a widespread permafrost feature of Arctic landscapes that is likely to be impacted by warming ground temperatures. This is of particular rel...