An Evaluation of Ground-Freezing Methods in the Zone of Discontinuous Permafrost, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Mastej, Elzbieta, Ms
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2020
• Subjects: subarctic; wetland; permafrost; thermosyphon; heat transfer; climate change; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Sciences; Hydrology; Canada; Northwest Territories; Scotty Creek; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2277; https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/3401/viewcontent/Thesis_ElzbietaMastej_2020.pdf

Northwestern Canada is one of the most rapidly warming regions on Earth. The southern limit of the discontinuous permafrost zone is highly sensitive to small climatic fluctuations and presently experiencing a rapid landscape change due to accelerated permafrost thaw, which is further exacerbated by...