Salinization of Permafrost Terrain Due to Natural Geomorphic Disturbance, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island
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...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1999
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Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63998 |