Utility of hyper-resolution Lidar as a tool for planetary geomorphology in the Canadian High Arctic, Lightning Talk (7 min)

• Main Author: Andres, Chimira
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2020
• Subjects: Geographic Information Sciences; Geography; Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Devon Island; Heiberg; permafrost
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/wlgisday/2020/lighteningtalks/25; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/wlgisday/article/1030/type/native/viewcontent/Nov19_2020_3pm_ChimaraAndres.mp4; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/wlgisday/article/1030/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Nov19_2020_3pm_ChimaraAndres.mp4.srt

Permafrost underlies 50% of the Canada’s terrain and underlies 24% of the world land area. It is one of the major driving forces in the generation and evolution of patterned ground landforms (i.e. polygons, stone circles, mud boils, stripes, etc.) that are seen on both the surface of the Earth and o...