Permafrost-related landforms and geotechnical data compilation, Yellowknife to Grays Bay corridor region, Slave geological province / P.D. Morse, R.J.H. Parker, S.L. Smith, and W.E. Sladen. : M183-2/8986E-PDF

"The purpose of this report is to present results from the first regional-scale approach to map permafrost-related landforms in the Slave Geological Province, together with a compilation of sedimentological and cryostratigraphic records for this region that have been extracted from available reports. The objectives of this study are to: i) identify and classify various permafrost-related landforms using high-resolution satellite imagery acquired for a 10-km-wide swath of land (8576 km² area of interest) aligned with the proposed corridors for the Slave Geological Province Corridor Project, NT, and the Grays Bay Road and Port Project, NU ; ii) provide quantitative measures of the distributions and densities of the set of landforms and determine their associations with surficial geology; and iii) identify and digitally compile the data from available sedimentological and cryostratigraphic records to increase its utility and accessibility. This knowledge on thaw-sensitive permafrost conditions is needed to inform decisions regarding development of resources and climate-resilient northern infrastructure, to identify potential geohazards, and to make inferences on past andfuture landscape evolution"--Introduction, page 1.

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Ministère/Organisme Geological Survey of Canada, issuing body.
Titre Permafrost-related landforms and geotechnical data compilation, Yellowknife to Grays Bay corridor region, Slave geological province / P.D. Morse, R.J.H. Parker, S.L. Smith, and W.E. Sladen.
Titre de la série Open file, 2816-7155 ; 8986
Type de publication Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue [Anglais]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-41).
Information sur la publication [Ottawa] : Geological Survey of Canada, 2023.
©2023
Auteur / Contributeur Morse, Peter Douglass, 1975- author.
Description 1 online resource (v, 41 pages) : illustrations (some colour), colour maps.
ISBN 9780660494227
Numéro de catalogue
  • M183-2/8986E-PDF
Descripteurs Permafrost -- Northwest Territories.
Permafrost -- Nunavut.
Glacial landforms -- Northwest Territories.
Glacial landforms -- Nunavut.
Geomorphology -- Northwest Territories.
Geomorphology -- Nunavut.
Sedimentology -- Northwest Territories.
Sedimentology -- Nunavut.
Pergélisols -- Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
Pergélisols -- Nunavut.
Géomorphologie glaciaire -- Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
Géomorphologie glaciaire -- Nunavut.
Géomorphologie -- Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
Géomorphologie -- Nunavut.
Sédimentologie -- Territoires du Nord-Ouest.
Sédimentologie -- Nunavut.
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