| Principal Investigator: | Mamet, Steve D (5) |
| Licence Number: | 15744 |
| Organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
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| Issued: | Aug 19, 2015 |
| Project Team: | Geoff Kershaw |
Objective(s): To determine the long-term recovery of permafrost landforms after abandonment of the CANOL No. 1 project, including oil spills and gravel pits; and to determine the status of treeline.
Project Description: Objectives of this research project are to determine: 1) the status of permafrost landforms; 2) long-term recovery after abandonment of the CANOL No. 1 project, including oil spills and gravel pits; and, 3) the status of the treeline. Since 1990, automated microclimate stations powered by solar cells have been operated in the study area. One station is located at each of five permafrost landforms called palsas (low peat covered mounds with permafrost cores). The stations keep a record of permafrost and near-surface temperatures. Depth of thaw is measured at several hundred permanent probing sites using a metal probe to penetrate through the thawed soil to the permafrost table. Oil spills and gravel pits have been naturally recovering since the early 1940’s. Plant species and their characteristics on these disturbances have been monitored since the late 1970’s. Tree cores are taken to determine the age of trees and... Show more
