Chemical Evolution of a Hypersaline High Arctic Coastal Lake

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region

étiquettes: physical sciences, water chemistry, glaciation, salinity

chercheur principal: Lamoureux, Scott F (9)
Nᵒ de permis: 14472
Organisation: Queen's University
Année(s) de permis: 2010 2009
Délivré: févr. 12, 2009
Équipe de projet: Hilary Dugan (Researcher, Queen's University), Kasey Kathan (Assistant, Queen's University)

Objectif(s): The goal of this research is to distinguish the chemical and physical processes acting on different lakes on Melville Island in order to understand how the systems have developed through time.

Description du projet: This licence is being issued for the scientific research application no. 1013. The goal of this research is to distinguish the chemical and physical processes acting on different lakes on Melville Island in order to understand how the systems have developed through time. Of particular interest is the mechanism to explain how the lakes became salty after the last glaciation. Shellabear Lake will be systematically sampled for water column profiles over the period of one month. This includes deploying lake instruments from the lake and collecting water samples for further analysis in the laboratory. Researchers will use a twin otter to fly to a camp at Cape Bounty, NU. Reports and publications will be sent to interested communities and the Aurora Research Institute library. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted at Shellabear Lake, Dundas Peninsula and Melville Island from May 24 to July 1, 2009.