Borehole «Involuted Hill IH88-2» (at site «Mackenzie Delta», Canada) inactive
Permafrost Setting
| Permafrost Thickness | m |
| Permafrost Zone | Continuous |
Environmental Setting
| Vegetation Type | Shrub Tundra |
| Vegetation | Shrub Tundra |
| Hydrology | |
| Landform | Ice cored collapsing mesa, may be postglacial (10Ka) or much older (early Wisconsinan) |
| Lithology | 5 m of till over 13 m massive ice, over icy sand |
| Morphology | Top of hill or ridge. Local relief: 25m |
| Description | |
| Slope | 2° |
| Aspect | 270° |
| Prior Records | ../10/1988. continuing up to three times per year. Some logger records up to year long, 6 to 12 hour period. |
Description
MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – ... [more]
Measurement Method
Drilling
| Drilling Method | Coring Auger |
| Date Drilled | 1988-01-01 |
| Depth | 35 m |
| Drilling Angle | 90° |
| Diameter | cm |
| Deepest Sensor | 29 m |
Accessibility
| Type | Helicopter or snowmobile. Winter road |
| Distance From Road | 16000 m |
Disturbance(s)
| Disturbance | Edge of steep slope |
| Distance | 10 m |
| Disturbance (Other) | |
| Distance | m |
Contact(s)
Responsible Person
Mark Nixon ORCID
Geological Survey of Canada (GSV)
601 Booth St.,
Ontario, K1A 0E8 Ottawa
Canada
Mark Nixon ORCID
Geological Survey of Canada (GSV)
601 Booth St.,
Ontario, K1A 0E8 Ottawa
Canada
Location
Elevation: 31 m.a.s.l.
Latitude, Longitude: 69.47409°, -132.63195°
Latitude, Longitude: 69.47409°, -132.63195°
Photo(s)
How to cite this borehole
Mark Nixon, Margo Burgess, Sharon Smith: Permafrost Temperature (PT) at «Involuted Hill IH88-2» (Canada). Code: IH88-2, GTN-P PID: pt/101.
Original Citation(s)
Acknowledged Person(s)
Related Publication(s)
Dallimore, S.R. Egginton, P.A., Nixon, F.M. , Ladanyi, B. and Foriero A. 1995: Creep deformation of massive ground ice, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, N.W.T.; in Proceedings of the 48th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vol. 2 , September 1995, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, pp. 1015-1022.
Foriero,A.; Ladanyi,B.; Dallimore,S.R.; Egginton,P.A.; and Nixon,F.M. 1998: Modelling of deep seated hill slope creep in permafrost; Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol. 35, n. 4, p. 560-578.
Dallimore, S.R., Nixon, F.M., Egginton, P.A. and Bisson, J.G. 1996: Deep-seated creep of massive ground ice, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 7. p. 337-347.
Entry created: 2024-08-21 12:14, Entry last modified: 2026-05-15 11:44 – Time Zone: UTC/GMT -09:00
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