Permafrost Studies: Western Arctic Coast
Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, geology, permafrost, cryosphere, ground ice, pingo, wedge ice, geocryologic environment, ice growth
| Principal Investigator: | Mackay, J.R. (8) |
| Licence Number: | 12308 |
| Organization: | Dept. of Geography, University of British Columbia |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1989
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | N. Buckley, C. Diana |
Objective(s): To understand the origin of permafrost, the ice within permafrost, and the processes that help to create the present geocryologic environment. Dr. Mackay has been conducting field research on permafrost along the Western Arctic Coast nearly every summer since 1951.
Project Description: 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.
