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Author : French, H.M. ; and Heginbottom, J.A. [Editors]
Date : 1983.
Title : Guidebook to permafrost and related features of the northern Yukon and Mackenzie Delta, Canada
Publication : International Geographical Union. Commission on the Significance of Periglacial Phenomena. Fairbanks, Alaska : Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys,
Issue :
Page(s) : 186 p.
Abstract
The primary objective of this guide is to illustrate permafrost conditions and associated geomorphic phenomena existing in the northern interior Yukon and Mackenzie Delta regions of northwestern Canada. Completion of the Dempster Highway makes it possible to undertake an integrated transect through this vast region .... The transect is of particular interest because it (a) encompasses the zones of sporadic, discontinuous and continuous permafrost, (b) traverses alpine, intermontane, and lowland area, (c) includes both glaciated and unglaciated terrain, and (d) passes from the northern boreal forest through both alpine timberline and northern tree line to arctic tundra. ... A final objective relates to the increasing importance of northern regions, both in North America and elsewhere, in terms of man's quest for natural resources. Permafrost presents unusual and distinct geotechnical problems for virtually all aspects of economic development.Deliberately, therefore, the guide includes discussion of such topics as oil and gas exploration; road, bridge, and airport construction; townsite development; permafrost hydrology; placer mining; and environmental concerns. It can be demonstrated that successful economic development of permafrost regions can be accomplished only if the particularities of permafrost terrain are fully appreciated.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology