Principal Investigator:Kokelj, Steven V Licensed Year(s):2006
2005
Summary:
Since the 1970's, the oil and gas industry has drilled at least 19 exploratory wells in the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary (KIBS), but there is a shortage of field data describing environmental conditions at the well-sites and drilling-mud sumps. In Marc...
Principal Investigator:Kokelj, Steven V Licensed Year(s):
2003
Summary:
In the Mackenzie Delta region, many of the drilling mud sumps constructed in the 1970s have partially or completely collapsed. The collapse of a sump can release contaminants previously immobilized in permafrost. The long-term degradation of many sumps...
Principal Investigator:Kokelj, Steven V Licensed Year(s):2004
2003
20022001200020001999 Summary:
This study investigates the physical and chemical characteristics of permafrost in the Mackenzie Delta region. The thawing of ice-rich permafrost can result in subsidence or terrain instability. Determination of thaw-sensitive terrain is required to pla...