| Title | Ground ice map of Canada v.1: national-scale mapping of relict, segregated, and wedge ice abundance in permafrost |
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| Author | O'Neill, H B ;
Wolfe, S A; Duchesne, C |
| Source | Arctic Change 2020; 2020, 1 sheet |
| Year | 2020 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20200481 |
| Meeting | Arctic Change 2020; December 7-10, 2020 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | 1 map |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, ground ice |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to Ground ice map of Canada
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| 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;
Canada |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; environmental geology; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; permafrost; ground ice; periglacial features; Climate change |
| Program | Climate Change
Geoscience Permafrost |
| Released | 2020 12 01 |
| Abstract | (unpublished)
We present and discuss new national-scale mapping of ground ice conditions in Canada, a product of Natural Resource Canada's Climate Change Geoscience Program. The mapping
depicts a first-order estimate of the combined volumetric percentage of excess ice in the top 5 m of permafrost from segregated, wedge, and relict ice. The estimates for the three ice types are based on modelling by O’Neill et al. (2019)
(https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-753-2019), and informed by published values of ground ice content and expert knowledge. The modelling employs existing national-scale datasets on surficial geology, paleovegetation, deglaciation, and permafrost
distribution, coupled with an expert-system approach implemented in a geographic information system to calculate relative abundance of relict, segregated, and wedge ice. Volumetric excess ice content in the upper 5 m of the ground for each ice type
is then estimated based on values reported in the literature, and raster algebra is used to produce a map of total ice content. The mapping offers an improved depiction of ground ice in Canada at a broad scale, incorporating current knowledge on the
associations between geological and environmental conditions and ground ice type and abundance. It provides a foundation for hypothesis testing related to broad-scale controls on ground ice formation, preservation, and melt. Additional compilation of
quantitative field data on ground ice, and improvements to national-scale surficial geology mapping will allow further assessment and refinement of the representation of ground ice in Canada. Continued research should focus on improving the lateral
and vertical representation of ground ice for incorporation into Earth system models and decision-making. Spatial data files of the mapping are freely downloadable from GEOSCAN: https://doi.org/10.4095/326885. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 327310 |
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