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Author : Burn, C.R.; and Zhang, Y.
Date : 2010.
Title : Sensitivity of active-layer development to winter conditions north of treeline, Mackenzie Delta area, western Arctic coast.
Publication : GEO2010: 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Canadian Permafrost Conference. September 12-16, 2010. Canadian Geotechnical Society: Richmond, B.C.
Issue :
Page(s) : 1458-1465.
Abstract
A simulation of the ground thermal regime in undisturbed tundra near the western Arctic coast has been validated by reproducing changes in ground temperatures between 1970 and 2009 to 53-m depth. The model has been used to determine the response of ground temperatures and active-layer thickness to potential climate warming up to 2100. The majority of the warming is in autumn and winter. Permafrost is sustained under this climate scenario, but a considerable increase in active-layer thickness may occur, because ground cooling is reduced in winter.
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