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Author : Crampton, C.B.
Date : 1973
Title : A landscape zonation for the southern and central Mackenzie River valley base on terrain permafrost characteristics
Publication : Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Issue : 10(12):
Page(s) : 1843-1854
Abstract
A landscape zonation is presented for the southern and central Mackenzie River Valley, based on observed changes in permafrost characteristics of selected terrain types, with changing climatic implications. The relative abundance of lichen on specified terrain types suggests the thickness of the active layer within the discontinuous permafrost zone, and is a useful guide in air photograph interpretation for extensive mapping of landscape-permafrost relationships between localities of ground inspection. Widespread, fossil, cryoturbated terrain supports the contention that today's climate in the study area is less severe than that in the past.
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