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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8770

A ground ice atlas of Canada

S.A. Wolfe, H.B. O’Neill, and C. Duchesne

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2021

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/328115

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Recommended citation

Wolfe, S.A., O’Neill, H.B., and Duchesne, C., 2021. A ground ice atlas of Canada; Geological Survey of 
     Canada, Open File 8770, 1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/328115

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Contents

This Open File contains two PDF files. One file is poster of the ground ice abundance in Canada and 31 photographic examples with associated modelled ground ice abundances. The other file is a report detailing the characteristics, modelled ground ice abundances, comparisons to observed ground ice conditions, and the implications for thermokarst in each of the 31 examples illustrated in the poster.

Directory structure

of_8770_readme.rtf (this file)
of_8770.pdf (Report)
of_8770_Poster.pdf (Poster)

Author contact information

S.A. Wolfe (stephen.wolfe@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

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