Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, water chemistry, glaciation, salinity
| Principal Investigator: | Lamoureux, Scott F (9) |
| Licence Number: | 14472 |
| Organization: | Queen's University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2010
2009
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| Issued: | Feb 12, 2009 |
| Project Team: | Hilary Dugan (Researcher, Queen's University), Kasey Kathan (Assistant, Queen's University) |
Objective(s): The goal of this research is to distinguish the chemical and physical processes acting on different lakes on Melville Island in order to understand how the systems have developed through time.
Project Description: This licence is being issued for the scientific research application no. 1013. The goal of this research is to distinguish the chemical and physical processes acting on different lakes on Melville Island in order to understand how the systems have developed through time. Of particular interest is the mechanism to explain how the lakes became salty after the last glaciation. Shellabear Lake will be systematically sampled for water column profiles over the period of one month. This includes deploying lake instruments from the lake and collecting water samples for further analysis in the laboratory. Researchers will use a twin otter to fly to a camp at Cape Bounty, NU. Reports and publications will be sent to interested communities and the Aurora Research Institute library. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted at Shellabear Lake, Dundas Peninsula and Melville Island from May 24 to July 1, 2009.
