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Annual Thaw Depths in Illisarvik, Northwest Territories

Entry ID: ggd642

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Summary

Abstract: Thaw-depth data were collected annually in August from 21 August 1979 to 18 August 1999, from 400-m, 600-m, and tundra transects at Illisarvik lake, Richards Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Coordinates are 69 deg 30 min N, 134 deg 32 min W. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format, and are available via FTP.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 69.5

S: 69.5

E: 134.53

W: 134.53

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1979-08-21

Stop Date: 1999-08-18

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

CHRIS BURN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 613-520-2600

Email: crburn at ccs.carleton.ca

Contact Address:

Carleton University

Department of Geography

1125 Colonel by Drive

City: Ottawa

Province or State: Ontario

Postal Code: K1S 5B6

Country: Canada

Publications/References

Burns, C. 2003. 'About Illisarvik.' The Illisarvik Bibliography. http://www.nwtresearch.com/illisarvik/about.asp. Accessed 12 May 2003. Mackay, J., and C. Burns. 2002. The first 20 years (1978/79 to 1998/99) of ice-wedge growth at the Illisarvik experimental drained lake site, western Arctic coast, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39: 95-111. Mackay, J.R. 1982. Active layer growth, Illisarvik experimental drained lake site, Richards Island, Northwest Territories. In Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 82-1A, pp. 123-126.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-01-24

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