Principal Investigator:Solomon, Steven M Licensed Year(s):20102009
2008
2007 Summary:
The objective of this study is to improve the knowledge of physical conditions in the western Arctic coastal zone in order to help understand and reduce the impacts of natural changes and industrial or community development.
Research will occur from March through to August. Acoustic surveys will be undertaken during the months of June and August, before and after whaling season, most using low...
Principal Investigator:Solomon, Steven M Licensed Year(s):2000199919971996
1995
199419931992 Summary:
The researchers will revisit sites which were investigated in the past several years to look for changes which can be related to changing environmental parameters like, storms, floods, etc. They will also be observing the recovery of eroded areas which were effected by the fall, 1993 storm. Erosion will be measured and bathymetric profiles completed. The depth of the active layer in the beach a...
Principal Investigator:Solomon, Steven M Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
The Researcher and his team will use a hand-operated auger to take sediment cores and temperature measurements. Cores will penetrate the seabed beneath the ice to a depth of 2-3 metres. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) will be used to investigate ground ice distribution and a current meter will be used to measure sub-ice currents along the edge of the bottom-fast ice....