A Periglacial Landsystem Analysis in the Canadian High Arctic: A Tool for Planetary Geomorphology

• Main Author: Andres, Chimira Nicole
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2020
• Subjects: 3D-ground penetrating radar (3D-GPR); ice-wedge polygons; patterned ground; periglacial; Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR); Arctic; Geology; Geomorphology; Geophysics and Seismology; Glaciology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Sedimentology; Axel Heiberg Island; Devon Island; Haughton River; Heiberg; Strand Fiord; Ice; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7528; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/etd/article/9916/viewcontent/20201221_A_Periglacial_Landsystem_Analysis_in_the_Canadian_High_Arctic___A_Tool_for_Planetary_Geomorphology.pdf

Permafrost underlies 50% of Canada’s terrain and underlies 24% of the Earth’s total land area. It is a major driving force in the generation and evolution of patterned ground landforms such as polygons, stone circles, mud boils, and stripes, etc. that are seen on both the surface of the Earth and Ma...