Periglacial Processes: Investigation of Slope Processes

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Sahtu Settlement Area

étiquettes: physical sciences, permafrost, landslides, ground ice, slope movement

chercheur principal: Egginton, Paul A. (2)
Nᵒ de permis: 12290
Organisation: Geological Survey of Canada
Année(s) de permis: 1992 1990
Délivré: janv. 01, 1992
Équipe de projet: S. Dallimore, J. Aylsworth, M. Nixon

Objectif(s): To continue to document the rate of creep (movement) of ice-rich slopes in relatively cold (6C) permafrost.

Description du projet: This year's work continues the measurement of creep (movement) of ice-rich slopes in permafrost. Landslide distribution in the lower Mackenzie Delta (Norman Wells area) is also being mapped.