NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Henton, Joseph
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This work is part of a larger national activity that provides the framework for an updated Canadian Gravity Standardization Network (CGSN) and will ensure that the NWT maintains a consistent gravity reference datum common with Canada. The 2009 AG field campaign will focus primarily on Northern Canada and includes measurements at 4 gravity sites within municipalities of the NWT. In terms of possibl...

Principal Investigator: MacNeill, Scott W
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2016 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2006 2005 2004 2003
Summary: The objective of this study is to supplement the existing environmental baseline data for the Fortune Minerals NICO Property to support the environmental assessment process for future mine development. Environmental surveys will be conducted in the area surrounding the project base camp and along the proposed routes of an all-weather access road to Behchoko and a transmission line to Snare hyd...

Principal Investigator: Lennie-Misgeld, Peter
Licensed Year(s): 2009 2008
Summary: Soil samples will be taken from representative sites in order to complete soil reclamation suitability assessment. Surficial sediments and soils will be described at each pit. In addition, notes will be taken on vegetation, drainage and terrain features, etc. A permafrost survey will consist of drilling shallow holes (<3 m) to determine permafrost conditions. Shallow permafrost drilling will be...

Principal Investigator: Lennie-Misgeld, Peter
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: The baseline study is being conducted to aid Avalon Ventures in assessing potential environmental effects of its activities and having adequate environmental information to support filing of regulatory applications in the future. Two years of data collection is important for obtaining baseline ground water hydrology and quality data where seasonal changes in groundwater levels, recharge and discha...

Principal Investigator: Galloway, Jennifer
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This licence is issued for the scientific research application #932. The goal of this multi-disciplinary paleolimnological study will be employed to describe and further understand regional climate conditions, fire history, and ice cover duration spanning the past ~2000 years in the central Northwest Territories. The targeted study area is the southern portion of the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winte...

Principal Investigator: English, Michael C
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This licence is issued for the scientific research application # 876. The objective of this research is to determine the impacts of predicted soil warming scenarios for the arctic on the availability of phosphate, nitrate-nitrogen and ammonium, which are important soil nutrients. The field portion of this research will consist of two weeks of collecting soil data and gauging and sampling (f...

Principal Investigator: LeTourneau, Michele
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2006
Summary: The goals of this research camp are to provide the communities most affected by DDMI’s mining operation the ability to collect and apply traditional knowledge to assess water quality before, during and after mining operations. The specific goals include: 1) to review information on Diavik’s Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program, quality control, site sampling, and chain of custody issues; 2) Learn/r...

Principal Investigator: Fratton, Glenda
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2008
Summary: This research licence was issued for application # 785. The objectives of the research studies are the following: refine understanding of baseline conditions; provide input to design mitigation; evaluate potential changes in the environment in relation to the Izok Project; and contribute to the ongoing data collection of the Arctic environment. Gartner Lee Limited will collect and review exi...

Principal Investigator: Coxson, Darwyn S
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007
Summary: The objective of this research is to study how northern soils in close proximity (geospatially linked soils) cycle nitrogen and carbon and produce greenhouse gases. Describing these links will allow forecasting on how the soils respond to climate change. Three transects with 31 sampling locations will be set up. At each location a Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) probe and thermocouple will be i...

Principal Investigator: Walker, Anne E
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: Environment Canada plans to measure snow depth, snow density and snow water equivalent (water storage in the snowpack), as well as lake ice thickness and structure for comparison with microwave radiometer measurements. Researchers have started to use microwave data from satellites for assessing snow water equivalent (SWE). Field tests to investigate the use of microwave sensors indicate that SW...