Validation of the Basal Temperature of Snow (BTS) method to map permafrost in complex mountainous terrain, Ruby Range, Yukon Territory and Haines Summit, British Columbia

• Main Author: Bonnaventure, Philip P
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2006
• Subjects: Physical Geography; Geotechnology; British Columbia; Canada; Yukon; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27335; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-18654

This study is the second attempt to use the Basal Temperature of Snow (BTS) method to map permafrost in mountainous regions of northwestern Canada. It differs from the first study which took place in Wolf Creek in terms of (1) the methodology used to evaluate BTS, (2) the strategy used to avoid spat...