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Author : French, H.M.; and Egginton, P.
Date : 1973
Title : Thermokarst development, Banks Island, Western Canadian Arctic
Publication : International Conference on Permafrost 2nd, Yakutsk, USSR
Issue :
Page(s) : 203-212
Abstract
Some thermokarst landforms and processes are to be found on banks island, in the western Canadian Arctic. This island, the fourth largest in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, lies between 71 and 75 deg N and is totally within the zone of continuous permafrost. The importance of naturally occurring thermokarst is restricted to those areas where lithological and/or soil conditions favor a high ice content, or where massive ground ice is present. The close connection that exists between thermal erosion and thermal melting is most dramatically illustrated in localized areas of badland topography that exist in close juxtaposition to well developed polygon terrain and ice-wedge junction ponds. Certain types of thermokarst such as ground ice slumping, are some of the most rapid erosional processes operating in the High Arctic at present.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology