NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Wang, Baolin
Licensed Year(s): 2009 2008 2007 2006
Summary: Year 2 of this four-year project involves detailed mapping of landslides and collection of soil samples. Soil sampling will be carried out by digging shallow test pits with hand tools or by using a small hand-held, gas-operated coring machine. It is estimated that up to six test pits of about 1.5m diameter and about 1.5m deep will be excavated at a site; however, the total number of test pits to b...

Principal Investigator: Nichol, Susan L.
Licensed Year(s): 2005
Summary: The objective is to improve knowledge about landslides in the Mackenzie Valley. The results of this study will enable better environmental impact assessments and help to reduce environmental impacts related to the construction and operation of the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline. As well, the results will have a broader application to a wide range of future development activities in the region....

Principal Investigator: Graburn, Larry
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004
Summary: Field investigation activities will be directed and carried out from existing accommodation in Inuvik. The work area will be accessed from the Dempster Highway and the C.N.T. trail. Secondary access will follow existing winter roads, rights-of-way, and...

Principal Investigator: Povey, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2005 2004 2003 2002
Summary: Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited, Aboriginal Pipeline Group, ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Limited, Shell Canada Limited, and ExxonMobil Canada Properties are continuing baseline studies begun in 2001 as part of the Mackenzie Gas Project. This por...

Principal Investigator: Marschner, Mark
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: This study aims to better understand the formation of "calcrete" deposits, using field samples from the Campbell Uplift. Field sampling will be carried out daily using ground transportation to and from a base in Inuvik. Initial activities will include...

Principal Investigator: Mercredi, Kevin
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: The Microbial Oil Survey Technique (MOST) requires the collection of soil samples from the area. Access to the study area will be via snowmobile and winter roads to established work camps. All sampling equipment will be carried on toboggans by a two pers...

Principal Investigator: Kokelj, Steven V
Licensed Year(s): 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 2000 1999
Summary: The proposed research will investigate the physical and chemical characteristics of the near-surface ice-rich zone in sediments of the Mackenzie Delta area. The goals of the research are to investigate the relationship between ice-rich permafrost and fo...

Principal Investigator: Nixon, Mark
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Summary: This season, a party of two will survey tubes between Tsiigehtchic and the coast during March and April and from Fort Simpson to the Arctic Coast in July and August. Staff of the Inuvik Research Centre may take late season measurements north and south of Inuvik as part of a cooperative program. Travel will be by road, small boat on the river and helicopter from Inuvik. Access to the sites is alw...

Principal Investigator: Pettit, George Robert
Licensed Year(s): 1999 1995
Summary: The researcher will collect by hand, usually along the roadside, approximately several grams of soil and mud specimens to be returned to the Cancer Research Institute laboratories for evaluation for microorganism constituents which may have potential anticancer activity....

Principal Investigator: Burn, Chris R
Licensed Year(s): 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Summary: The researcher will continue to collect samples of ground ice and measure temperatures in lakes and ponds. This information is used to help understand how the ground heaves as it freezes in winter, and to determine the extent of soil settlement during thaw in summer. The information about lakes is used to help understand the relations between water depths and temperatures beneath the lake....