Late quaternary history of the Mackenzie-Beaufort region, Arctic Canada, from modelling of permafrost temperatures. 2. The Mackenzie Delta - Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-71

  Taylor, Alan E ^a   Dallimore, Scott R ^a   Judge, Alan S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST TEMPERATURE; QUATERNARY (LATE); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOKARST LAKE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE DELTA; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, TUKTOYAKTUK PENINSULA;

EID: 0030482009     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-007     Document Type: Article

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