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Author : Allard, M.; and Fourtier, R.
Date : 1990
Title : The thermal regime of a permafrost body at Mont Lac des Cygnes, Quebec
Publication : Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Issue : 27(5):
Page(s) : 694-697
Abstract
A low peat plateau in the alpine forest-tundra at Mont du Lac de Cygnes, 100 km northeast of Quebec City, contains a permafrost body 2 m thick. At an elevation of 960 m, this is the southernmost known occurrence of alpine permafrost in eastern Canada. The terrain over the permafrost is windblown and bears a very thin and discontinuous snow cover. One year of continuous temperature readings indicates that the mean annual air temperature at the site is about -1.3C. The permafrost remains at temperatures very near the freezing point for most of the year.
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