Borehole «Swimming Pt2 91GSC2» (at site «Mackenzie Delta», Canada) inactive

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Permafrost Setting

Permafrost Thickness m
Permafrost Zone Discontinuous

Environmental Setting

Vegetation Type Shrub Tundra
Vegetation Other (no description)
Hydrology
Landform Modern flood plain
Lithology 3m silt over 13m sandy gravel, over sand low to medium ice content
Morphology Plain. Local relief: 1m
Description
Slope 0°
Aspect 299.2°
Prior Records ../04/1991, continuing occasionally

Description

Adjacent active layer monitoring site, borehole and surface geophysics NAME AND ... [more]

Measurement Method

Drilling

Drilling Method Shot hole, air rotary
Date Drilled 1991-01-01
Depth 30 m
Drilling Angle 90°
Diameter cm
Deepest Sensor 30 m

Accessibility

Type Helicopter or snowmobile. Winter road
Distance From Road 2000 m

Disturbance(s)

Disturbance Small shallow pond
Distance 50 m
Disturbance (Other) East Channel
Distance 500 m

Contact(s)

Responsible Person
Mark Nixon ORCID
Geological Survey of Canada (GSV)
601 Booth St.,
Ontario, K1A 0E8 Ottawa
Canada

Location

Elevation: 9.2 m.a.s.l.
Latitude, Longitude: 69.10972°, -134.38056°
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How to cite this borehole

Mark Nixon, Margo Burgess, Sharon Smith: Permafrost Temperature (PT) at «Swimming Pt2 91GSC2» (Canada). Code: 91GSC2, GTN-P PID: pt/153.
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Entry created: 2024-08-21 12:14, Entry last modified: 2026-05-15 11:44 – Time Zone: UTC/GMT -07:00
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