Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, ground temperature, limnology, sedimentology, ground ice, cryology
| Principal Investigator: | Solomon, Steven M (9) |
| Licence Number: | 11025 |
| Organization: | Geological Survey of Canada |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1991
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1991 |
| Project Team: | Dr. P. Hill; Dr. A. Judge; one technician; |
Objective(s): To collect data on the thickness and rate of accumulation of marine sediments in breached lakes; to measure ground temperatures and depth to ice-bonded sediments; to acquire information about the distribution of ice-bonding in the coastal zone (both onshore and offshore) to measure sub-ice currents along the edge of the bottomfast ice; to locate pressure ridges or other dynamic ice features which may be interacting with the seafloor in the coastal zone seaward of the bottomfast ice;
Project Description: The Researcher and his team will use a hand-operated auger to take sediment cores and temperature measurements. Cores will penetrate the seabed beneath the ice to a depth of 2-3 metres. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) will be used to investigate ground ice distribution and a current meter will be used to measure sub-ice currents along the edge of the bottom-fast ice.
