Numerical simulations of coupled groundwater flow and heat transport incorporating freeze/thaw cycles and phase change in a continuous permafrost environment

• Main Author: Shojae Ghias, Masoumeh
• Other Authors: Therrien, René, Lemieux, Jean-Michel
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: Université Laval 2017
• Subjects: geo; envir; Nunavut; Iqaluit Airport; Iqaluit; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/27693

At high northern latitudes, climate warming will induce permafrost degradation that will modify local and regional hydrogeological systems and ecosystem functionality, as well as increase the release of carbon and methane to the environment. Northern infrastructure, in particular roads and embankmen...