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Author : Broll, G.; Müller, G.; and Tarnocai, C.
Date : 1998
Title : Permafrost-affected soils in the Pangnirtung Pass area, Baffin Island, Canada.
Publication : Permafrost, Seventh International Conference, June 23-27, Yellowknife, Canada. Edited by: A.G. Lewkowicz and M. Allard. Université Laval, Centre d'études nordiques, Collection Nordicana.
Issue : 57:
Page(s) : 89-94.
Abstract
Soils were studied along Pangnirtung Pass on Cumberland Peninsula in the southeastern part of Baffin Island, N.W.T. The soils studied are dominantly Cryosols. They have developed on till, eolian, fluvial and colluvial materials, and have active layer depths between 60 and 150 cm. Turbic Cryosols have developed primarily on till. These soils (Orthic Dystric Turbic Cryosols and Regosolic Turbic Cryosols) are acidic and have a loamy sand texture. Static Cryosols (Orthic Dystric Static Cryosols, Regosolic Static Cryosols, Brunisolic Dystric Static Cryosols and Gleysolic Static Cryosols), which are found on different parent materials, are also acidic, and in most cases they have a sandy or coarse sandy texture. The deepest solum development is found in Brunisolic Dystric Static Cryosols developed on well-drained eolian materials. Gleysolic Static Cryosols have developed on poorly drained locations. In addition, small areas of Organic Cryosols occur in the northern part of Pangnirtung Pass.
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