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Establishment of Community-based Permafrost Monitoring Sites, Baffin Region, Nunavut

Mark Ednie, Sharon L. Smith

In the proceedings of: GEO2010 Calgary: 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Canadian Permafrost Conference

Session: M2-D

ABSTRACT: The Geological Survey of Canada collaborated with communities and the Nunavut Departments of Environment and Community and Government Services to establish six new permafrost monitoring sites in communities in the Baffin Region. The new monitoring sites provide information to improve the characterization of permafrost thermal state and terrain sensitivity in the communities. Initial data are now available from the monitoring sites that indicate that mean annual ground temperatures range from -5.2°C in the southern Baffin Region at Pangnirtung to -12.3°C at Resolute.

RÉSUMÉ: La commission géologique du Canada a collaboré avec des communautés et avec les Ministères de l'Environnement et des Services communautaires et gouvernementaux afin d'établir six nouveaux sites de détection et de surveillance du pergélisol dans des communautés de la région de Baffin. Les nouveaux sites de surveillance aideront à améliorer la caractérisation de l'état thermique du pergélisol et de la sensibilité des terrains dans les communautés. Les données initiales des sites de surveillance sont maintenant disponibles et indiquent que les températures moyennes du sol varient entre -5.2°C à Pangnirtung, au sud de la région de Baffin, et -12.3°C à Resolute. 1 INTRODUCTION

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Mark Ednie; Sharon L. Smith (2010) Establishment of Community-based Permafrost Monitoring Sites, Baffin Region, Nunavut in GEO2010. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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