Controls on Thermokarst Lake Water Balances in the Inuvik - Tuktoyaktuk Region

• Main Author: Wilcox, Evan J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2023
• Subjects: permafrost; lakes; hydrology; water balance; water isotopes; arctic; Soil Science; Arctic; Canada; High Lake; Inuvik; Level Lake; Northwest Territories; Rapid Lake; Tuktoyaktuk; Climate change; Ice; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2547; https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3695&context=etd

There are tens of thousands of thermokarst lakes in the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk region, located in the northwest corner of the Northwest Territories, Canada. These lakes formed following the last glacial period in areas where ice-rich permafrost thawed and created depressions in the landscape. The Inuvik...