Assessment of Mercury and Organic Matter in Thermokarst Affected Lakes of the Mackenzie Delta Uplands, NT, Canada

• Main Author: Deison, Ramin
• Other Authors: Blais, Jules M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2012
• Subjects: permafrost; thermokarst; Mackenzie Delta; Northwest Territories; Canada; Climate warming; Mercury in Thermokarst Affected Lakes; sedimentation; Organic Matter in Thermokarst Affected Lakes; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20645; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5349

The Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, has experienced rapid climate warming in the past century resulting in rapidly thawing permafrost in this region. This thesis examines spatial and temporal changes to sediment organic carbon and mercury flux in lakes from thermokarst r...