Principal Investigator:Tarnocai, C. Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
This tour and the associated meetings will focus on the genesis, classification and management of permafrost soils (Cryosols) and the possible effect of climate change on these soils....
Principal Investigator:Nadji, Kayhan Licensed Year(s):1992
1991
Summary:
This research will investigate the relationship between the architectural and technical aspects of buildings and severe northern climate....
Principal Investigator:Landhaeusser, Simon M. Licensed Year(s):1992
1991
1990 Summary:
The Researcher and his team will seed and plant plots prepared in 1990. They will determine the germination rate, establishment and the annual growth of the seedlings. The measurements will be related to the energy input which influences these microsites....
Principal Investigator:Erickson, Dave Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
The Researcher and his team will carry out a project to improve water flow studies, channel dredging, mapping and local construction surveys....
Principal Investigator:Fujino, Kazuo Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The Researcher and field team will conduct a geological survey and topographic traverse survey around the massive ground ice. They will take samples for ecological study and geochemical analysis....
Principal Investigator:Begin, Christian Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The research team will investigate a few localities to determine the best sites to study eolian deposits (sand dunes) and features related to permafrost degradation. Samples of granular and organic deposits will be taken....
Principal Investigator:Smol, John P Licensed Year(s):1991
1990
Summary:
The research team will sample approximately 20 lakes located within a 100 km radius of Tuktoyaktuk and within the immediate vicinity of Inuvik. At each lake they will analyze the water for major environmental variables and remove some of the lake mud for future analysis of algal remains....
Principal Investigator:Luckman, B.H. Licensed Year(s):
1989
Summary:
Dr. Luckman and one assistant will look for potential sites for the Geological Survey of Canada to study global change. They will also obtain recent tree-ring chronologies from treeline sites in the Mackenzie Delta....
Principal Investigator:Ritchie, J.C. Licensed Year(s):
1988
1987 Summary:
Dr. Ritchie is looking at live plants and the remains of plants at the bottom of lakes to see how plants and weather have changed since the glaciers left the Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk area 10,000 years ago....
Principal Investigator:Mattner, Jorg Licensed Year(s):
1988
1987 Summary:
To reconstruct the depositional environment in as much detail as possible, of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sediments nowadays outcropping in the central part of the northern Richardson Mountains...