Salinization of Permafrost Terrain Due to Natural Geomorphic Disturbance, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kokelj, Steven V., Lewkowicz, Antoni G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: arctic ecology; climatic warming; efflorescence; geomorphic disturbance; permafrost; salinization; transport of dissolved solids; écologie arctique; réchauffement climatique; perturbation géomorphique; pergélisol; salinisation; transport de solides en suspension; Arctic; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Ellesmere Island; Fosheim Peninsula; Hot Weather Creek; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63998

Efflorescences (surface salt accumulations) are common on the Fosheim Peninsula and elsewhere in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, especially at elevations below the Holocene marine limit, and cover up to 9% of the terrain in the vicinity of lower Hot Weather Creek. They are most extensive on natural...