Cryostratigraphical studies of ground ice formation and distribution in a High Arctic polar desert landscape, Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Ground ice distribution and abundance have wide-ranging effects on periglacial environments, and possible impacts on climate change scenarios. In contrast, very few studies measure ground ice in the High Arctic, especially in polar deserts and where coarse surficial material complicates coring opera...
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University of Toronto
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/107718 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2020-0134 |
| Summary: | Ground ice distribution and abundance have wide-ranging effects on periglacial environments, and possible impacts on climate change scenarios. In contrast, very few studies measure ground ice in the High Arctic, especially in polar deserts and where coarse surficial material complicates coring operations. Ground ice volumes and cryostructures were determined for eight sites in a Polar desert, near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, chosen from their hydrogeomorphic classification. Dry, unvegetated polar desert sites exhibited ice content close to soil porosity, with a The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author. |
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