Principal Investigator:Burn, Chris R Licensed Year(s):1997199619951994
1993
19921991 Summary:
This on-going research will continue to examine the nature of frost heaving, permafrost and water flow in the Mackenzie Delta and associated lakes. Some experimentation on frost heaving will be conducted at specific sites during the winter months. In the summer, the distribution of ice in the upper layers of the permafrost on land as well as the nature of permafrost beneath shallow lakes will be...
Principal Investigator:Mackay, J.R. Licensed Year(s):1997199619951994
1993
199219911989 Summary:
This on-going research of permafrost growth involves investigations at a large lake artificially drained in 1978. The study of pingos, started in 1969, and the study of ice wedges, started in 1966, involve measurements of ice growth....