Ground Ice in the Mackenzie Delta and Yukon Coastal Plain Area
Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, permafrost, ground ice
| Principal Investigator: | Pollard, Wayne H (12) |
| Licence Number: | 7097 |
| Organization: | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1987
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1987 |
| Project Team: | Miss Valentina deKrom (University of Ottawa); Robert Rowsell (Memorial University) |
Objective(s): To complete a three year study concerned with the detailed investigation of ground ice characteristics by mapping ground ice distribution and stratigraphic relations along with collection of sediment and ice samples for grain, size, moisture content, isotope and crystallographic analysis. Field investigation will utilize existing ground ice slumps and permafrost exposures along coastal bluffs in order to avoid drilling or excavation of the thaw sensitive permafrost.
