The Effects of Fire on Snow Accumulation, Snowmelt and Ground Thaw on a Peat Plateau in Subarctic Canada

• Main Author: Mathieu, Elyse
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2018
• Subjects: fire; snowmelt energy balance; permafrost peat plateau; talik; active layer; hydrology; Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources and Conservation; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Water Resource Management; Canada; Talik; Peat; Peat plateau; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2048; https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/3163/viewcontent/MATHIEU_MSc_Thesis_08_MAY_2018.pdf

During the past century, the highest rates of warming have occurred at latitudes above 60oN, where air temperatures have risen at twice the rate of other regions. In northwestern Canada, this warming has coincided with an increase in the frequency, size and severity of wildfires. The influence of su...