| Title | Environmental impacts of permafrost degradation / Impacts environnementaux de la dégradation du pergélisol |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Duchesne, M J |
| Source | Public presentations of May 19, 2020: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle; by Jacob, N; Outridge, P M; Lintern, G; Bringué, M; Ahad, J M E; Gammon, P R; Rivard, C; Kao, H; White, D; Desbarats, A J; Galloway, J M; Duchesne, M J; Geological Survey of Canada, Scientific Presentation 118, 2020 p. 118-127, https://doi.org/10.4095/326990  Open Access |
| Links | Video - Vidéo
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| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | Public presentations of May 19, 2020: Environmental Geoscience Program; CA; May 19, 2020 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English; French |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is contained in Public presentations of May
19, 2020: Environmental Geoscience Program, current status of research projects for the 2019-2024 program cycle |
| Related | This publication is related to Environmental Impacts of
permafrost degradation |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Canada; British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut |
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| Area | Mackenzie Delta; Beaufort Sea |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; hydrogeology; surficial geology/geomorphology; marine geology; geophysics; geochemistry; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; Health and Safety; environmental studies;
environmental impacts; permafrost; ground ice; periglacial features; pingos; temperature; ground temperatures; pollutants; methane; gas seeps; atmospheric geochemistry; heavy metals contamination; fluid migration; fluid flow; groundwater flow;
climate; pore fluids; salinity; marine sediments; continental margins; continental shelf; deltas; coastal erosion; landslides; seismic methods; seismic data; geophysical surveys; acoustic surveys, marine; bathymetry; Environmental Geoscience Program
(EGP); Beaufort Shelf; United Nations Environment Program; Rapid Response Assessment on Coastal and Offshore Permafrost; permafrost degradation; cumulative effects; resource development; climate change; contamination; environmental baseline studies;
methodology; monitoring; environmental impact assessment; greenhouse gases; gas hydrates; multibeam bathymetry surveys; international cooperation; international programs; community engagement; environmental hazards; geological hazards |
| Illustrations | geoscientific sketch maps; block diagrams; seismic profiles; models; photographs |
| Program | Environmental Geoscience,
Program Management |
| Released | 2020 09 15 |
| Abstract | Permafrost underlies ~50% of the Canadian landmass.
Permafrost degradation: natural release of contaminants (e.g. heavy metals), trapped greenhouse gases and saline pore fluids into the
environment.
Project's objectives: 1. Assess the environmental implications of permafrost degradation; 2. Provide a baseline to better appraise the environmental consequences of resource development. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This is the fifth year for the project leaders of the Environmental Geoscience Program (EGP) from the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) within Natural
Resources Canada to present their annual scientific updates. Twelve power point presentations illustrate all the project status of all research going on within EGP. Subjects are connected to the following key words: Volcanoes, mercury, dredge
disposal at sea, oil spills, diluted bitumen, oil sands, aquifer impacts, induced seismicity, geological storage of carbon, cobalt, climate change, Mackenzie River Basin, permafrost thaw, permafrost geochemistry, and cumulative effects. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 326990 |
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