Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: ground temperature, permafrost, climate change, prediction models, ground ice, water temperature, shoal formation
| Principal Investigator: | Burn, Chris R (36) |
| Licence Number: | 12780 |
| Organization: | Department of Geography, Carleton University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1997
1996
1995
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1992
1991
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1995 |
| Project Team: | To be identified locally |
Objective(s): To examine the growth and decay of ground ice in near-surface sediments of the Mackenzie Delta area; to determine the climate gradient between coastal and inland locations in the region in order that the effect of coastal retreat on regional climate change may be understood; to determine conditions causing the formation of shoals in lakes on Richards Island.
Project Description: The researcher will collect samples of ground ice in near-surface sediments and measure air, ground and lake temperatures. The information will be used to help understand how the permafrost in the area has changed in the last few thousand years, in order to determine what might happen in the future.
