Active Layer Thickness site «Parsons Lake» (at site «Mackenzie Delta», Canada) inactive

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General Setup

Type Borehole Borehole icon
Depth 2 m

Description

Active-Layer Thickness is inferred from ground temperature profile measurements at 2.5, ... [more]

Photo(s)

Photo C6 Parsons Lake for ALT site Parsons Lake

Environmental Setting

Permafrost Zone Continuous
Vegetation Type Shrub Tundra
Vegetation Medium shrub tundra
Hydrology
Landform Undulating morainal plain
Lithology Orthic Eutric Turbic Cryosol Loam (1 cm)
Morphology
Description general description of soil moisture : moist
Slope 2°
Aspect 213°

Accessibility

Type
Distance From Road m

Disturbance(s)

Disturbance
Distance m
Disturbance (Other)
Distance m

Contact(s)

Responsible Person
Charles Tarnocai ORCID
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
960 Carling Ave
K1A 0C6 Ottawa
Canada

Location

Elevation: 33 m.a.s.l.
Latitude, Longitude: 68.966°, -133.55°

How to cite this ALT site

Charles Tarnocai: Active Layer Thickness (ALT) at «Parsons Lake» (Canada). CALM Code: C6, GTN-P PID: alt/175.
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Entry created: 2024-08-26 10:02, Entry last modified: 2026-05-13 12:06 – Time Zone: UTC/GMT -07:00
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