Contaminant migration through the permafrost active layer, Mackenzie Delta area, Northwest Territories, Canada

Polar Record

Volumn 37, Issue 202, 2001, Pages 215-228

  Dyke, Larry D ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; MIGRATION; PERMAFROST; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0034915497     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247400027248     Document Type: Article

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