14 record(s) found with the tag "glaciology" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Environmental Studies Across Treeline
Principal Investigator: Kokelj, Steven V
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Summary: “Environmental Studies across Treeline (ESAT) in the Mackenzie Delta region” is a northern based collaborative program with an objective to enhance the understanding of environmental conditions in the Mackenzie Delta region through scientific studies and monitoring. Specific studies include: 1) monitoring permafrost conditions in the Mackenzie Delta region; 2) examining freeze-back of the active l...


Permafrost and climate change, western Arctic Canada
Principal Investigator: Burn, Chris R
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Summary: The objective of this research is to understand how climate change is affecting permafrost in the western Arctic, particularly in the outer Mackenzie delta. The research team also intends to investigate the ice content of the ground and how this may affect terrain stability. The research team wishes to study changes in ground temperature at various locations in the western Arctic, ranging from Her...


Understanding and prediction of permafrost thaw impacts on northern water resources
Principal Investigator: Quinton, William L.
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2001
Summary: The long-term goal of this research project is to develop a suite of models for predicting the response of discontinuous permafrost in the Hay River Lowland to climate warming and human disturbance from oil and gas exploration, and the consequent change in landcover and river flow regime. This will be achieved by meeting the following short-term objectives: 1) map the spatial distribution of perma...


Duration of active-layer freeze back, Illisarvik, NWT
Principal Investigator: Gilbert, Graham L
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The objectives of this project are to define the impact of snow depth, surface vegetation, and soil characteristics on spatial and temporal variations in active-layer freeze-back in the low arctic tundra east of the Mackenzie Delta. The duration of freeze back will be determined from the ground temperatures measured at the top of permafrost. This temperature only declines at the site when the ac...


Thermal State of Permafrost
Principal Investigator: Romanovsky, Vladimir E.
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2013 2010
Summary: The objective of this research is to record permafrost temperatures. The investigator has permafrost stations already in place that have been collecting data for over 4 years and will connect to these loggers to download data. Data acquisition equipment will be downloaded and upgraded. The researcher will report on finding to the Aurora Research Institute. The fieldwork for this study wi...


The development of aggradational ice at Illisarvik, Richards Island, NWT
Principal Investigator: O'Neill, Brendan H
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The first objective is to compare present ground ice conditions to those recorded thirty years ago, and from this, obtain an estimate of the rate of ground ice accumulation over the past three decades. This is possible as the exact locations cored in 1979 and 1980 are marked, and new cores can be taken adjacent to these. The second objective is to compare ice conditions from sites within the basin...


Electromagnetic Studies of Permafrost in the Mackenzie Delta
Principal Investigator: Craven, Jim
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This licence is being issued for the scientific research application no. 956. The primary objective of this study is to field test and assess the utility of an electromagnetic (EM) geophysical technique called magnetotellurics (MT), as an inexpensive method for mapping spatial variations and changes within permafrost in the Mackenzie Delta area. Due to the large change in soil electrical resist...


Integrated Geoscience Studies of the Mackenzie Delta and Nearby Coastal Environments
Principal Investigator: Dallimore, Scott R
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2004
Summary: This licence was issued for the scientific research licence application number 757. This research will concentrate on characterization of 3 observed gas seeps, identification of additional seeps in the region, and characterization of permafrost conditions, as thinning permafrost and the development of taliks is a hypothesized mechanism for the development of gas discharge pathways. Water and...


Late Quaternary hydrological and climatic history of the lower MacKenzie River basin
Principal Investigator: Beierle, Brandon
Licensed Year(s): 2002
Summary: The research team will obtain sediment cores from a series of lakes near Reindeer Station and Inuvik for the purpose of reconstructing the hydrological, climatological and geomorphic history of the lower Mackenzie River basin. The research will require fieldwork between 15 April and 25 April. Research will involve the development of a high-resolution paleoenvironmental record based on lake sedime...


The origin of deformed massive ice, Pleistocene Mackenzie Delta, Western Canadian Arctic
Principal Investigator: Murton, Julian B
Licensed Year(s): 1999 1998
Summary: The main objective of the proposed research is to establish the origin of massive bodies of underground ice at two key massive-ice localities in the Mackenzie Delta area: i) Cliff Point, Liverpool Bay and (ii) near Eskimo Lakes. The research will be carried out by an interdisciplinary team of scientists examining the geology, glaciology and chemistry of the ice and adjacent sediments. The research...


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