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Record #101031:
The occurrence of retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory / Valentina D. De Krom, Wayne H. Pollard.
Title: | The occurrence of retrogressive thaw slumps on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory / Valentina D. De Krom, Wayne H. Pollard. |
Author(s): | De Krom, Valentina D. Pollard, Wayne H. |
Date: | 1989. |
In: | Musk-ox. (1989.), Vol. 37 (1989) |
Abstract: | Describes two such slumps, attempts to define parameters potentially responsible for their formation, and presents observations on mechanisms and rates of headwall retreat. Types of ice most frequently exposed in thaw face are ice-wedge ice, segregated ice, and pore ice. |
Notes: | Musk-ox. Vol. 37 :1-7 (1989). |
Keywords: | 551.345 -- Permafrost. Cryopedology. 551.345.2 -- Permafrost, formation and decay. 551.345.3 -- Permafrost, composition and structure. Ice wedges. E8 -- Glaciology: frost action and permafrost. (*41) -- Canada. (*430) -- Yukon Territory. |
SPRI record no.: | 101031 |
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