| Title | Establishment of community-based permafrost monitoring sites, Baffin region, Nunavut |
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| Author | Ednie, M; Smith, S L |
| Source | Proceedings of the 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Candian Permafrost Conference; 2010, 7 pages |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20100256 |
| Meeting | 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Candian Permafrost Conference; Calgary, AB; CA; September 12-16, 2010 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| Province | Nunavut |
| NTS | 26; 27; 36; 37; 38; 56; 57; 58; 67A; 67D; 68E |
| Area | Baffin Island; Resolute; Boothia Peninsula; Melville Peninsula; Resolute Bay; Pond Inlet; Arctic Bay; Clyde River; Igloolik; Pangnirtung |
| Lat/Long WENS | -100.0000 -60.0000 76.0000 65.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; Nature and Environment; permafrost; freezing ground; ground ice; ground temperatures; environmental impacts; environmental analysis; thermal analyses |
| Illustrations | location maps; plots; tables |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience |
| Released | 2010 01 01 |
| Abstract | The Geological Survey of Canada collaborated with communities and the Nunavut Departments of Environment and Community and Government Services to establish six new permafrost monitoring sites in
communities in the Baffin Region. The new monitoring sites provide information to improve the characterization of permafrost thermal state and terrain sensitivity in the communities. Initial data is now available from the monitoring sites that
indicate that mean annual ground temperatures range from -5.2°C in the southern Baffin Region at Pangnirtung to -12.3°C at Resolute. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 287114 |
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