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Author : Brown, R.J.E.
Date : 1965
Title : Permafrost investigations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Publication : National Research Council of Canada, Division of Building Research. Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Page(s) : 47 p
Abstract
A survey of the Prairie Provinces in Saskatchewan and Manitoba has revealed a subdued relief of not more than 2,000 feet and an associated relatively simple permafrost distribution pattern. The northern part of the area has a typical Precambrian Shield terrain of rock knobs and ridges, peat-filled depressions, many lakes; the southern part, on progressively younger, Ordovician to Upper Cretaceous, sedimentary and volcanic rocks, has rolling relief with few outcrops and scattered lakes. Preglacial erosion and Pleistocene glaciation and lake deposits have modified the terrains and bog conditions are widespread. Permafrost occurs only in peat bogs in low areas, covered by dry sphagnum. Depth to permafrost table is between 1 ft 6 in and 5 feet 6 in; permafrost thickness increases northward from 3 inches to 18 feet 3 in.
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