175 record(s) found with the tag "sediment" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Using the past to inform the future: A paleoecological perspective of the impacts of drought and fire on lakes, permafrost and forests
Principal Investigator: Pisaric, Michael FJ
Licensed Year(s): 2019 2018 2017 2016
Summary: The objectives of this research are to examine the frequency and severity of past wildfire and drought (drought-like) conditions in the southern Northwest Territories. Specifically, the research team will examine the following questions: 1) how frequent and severe have fires been in the past; 2) are fires becoming more frequent/severe due to the impacts of climate change; 3) what impact does wildf...


Long term and current variability in sources and sinks of carbon and nitrogen in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems underlain by discontinuous and continuous permafrost
Principal Investigator: English, Michael C
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The objectives of this research project are: 1. to extract sediment cores from three different regions of the Northwest Territories namely: the low arctic tundra (continuous permafrost-Daring Lake), Taiga Shield northern boreal (widespread discontinuous permafrost-Wekweeti), and Taiga Shield boreal (sporadic discontinuous permafrost-Baker Creek Watershed) which provide the research team with a re...


Sediment core studies in Great Slave Lake
Principal Investigator: Evans, Marlene S.
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The objectives of this research project are to collect a series of sediment cores in the West Basin of Great Slave Lake to investigate time trends in various chemicals of interest including mercury, mercury isotopes and persistent organic contaminants. In late-March 2014, the research team will collect sediment cores at 3-4 locations on Great Slave Lake (West Basin, offshore Slave River). An 8...


Phase III ESA & RAP for Stark Lake Exploration Site, NT
Principal Investigator: Barnes, Keith G
Licensed Year(s): 2013
Summary: The objectives of this year’s work program are to: 1. Complete a Phase III Environmental Site Assessment of the site, to further assess and delineate areas of concern on the site to support Remedial Action Plan development; 2. Complete a hazard assessment of the Stark Lake Site to support the development of a health and safety plan, and ensure that the Crown’s due diligence in regards to ...


2013 Yellowknife Bay Baseline Data Collection for Aquatics and Fisheries
Principal Investigator: Kramer, Tara
Licensed Year(s): 2013
Summary: The primary objective of this research program is to collect baseline data on: 1) water chemistry, limnologic profiles, sediments, plankton, benthic invertebrates and aquatic habitat; and, 2) fish presence and collection of fish tissue for metal analysis. Aquatics: The Aquatics field program will be conducted in the spring of 2013. During the field program, the following samples will be coll...


Effects of Athabasca and Slave River Sediments affected by oil sands operations on embryonic fish
Principal Investigator: Jones, Paul D
Licensed Year(s): 2013 2012 2011
Summary: The research team will quantify the effects of exposure of embryonic fish to contaminants released from oilsands operations that may be present in the sediments. The research team will drill a hole in the ice, no more than 12 inches in diameter, and use sediment collection equipment to collect a few centimeters of sediment from the river bed. Local communities will have an opportunity to as...


Landscape scale flooding in the Great Slave Lake Plain
Principal Investigator: Armstrong, Terry
Licensed Year(s): 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Summary: The objectives of this project are to draw together multiple sources of information so that the research team may (1) examine change in lake area in this ecoregion, (2) assess amount of meadow habitat lost to rising water levels in core bison range, (3) investigate whether recent changes are part of a longer-term cycle and evaluate the causes of this change, (4) determine a way to document and int...


Copper Pass Mine: Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation Planning
Principal Investigator: Wiatzka, Gerd M
Licensed Year(s): 2013 2012 2011 2010
Summary: The objective of the Copper Pass Phase III Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and Remedial Planning Program is to assist AANDC-CARD with its ongoing work to clean up abandoned mine sites across the Northwest Territories. The program aims to identify any concerns at the site and to use these findings to create a Remediation Action Plan (RAP). Samples of waste rock, soil, vegetation, water, sed...


Phase II Environmental Assessments of six sites in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Winch, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The objective of this research project is to conduct Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) at six locations located within the Northwest Territories (NT). The purpose of field investigations at Caribou Point, Crestaurum Mine, Sun-Rose Claim Group, Thompson-Lundmark Mine, Wrigley Point, and Dome Lake is to determine the current environmental and physical conditions at each site and to red...


Palaeontology of the Summit Creek Formation, western Northwest Territories, Canada
Principal Investigator: Vavrek, Matthew J
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The research team will be prospecting for and collecting Cretaceous fossils from the Summit Creek Formation in order to better understand what terrestrial biodiversity was like at high latitudes at that time. This project is a continuation of the collaborative research program on ancient biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic. Recently, the research team completed work supported by Polar Continental ...


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