Quaternary Geology of the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, Northwest Territories
Description:... "This report... establishes the sequence and age of Quaternary deposits and landforms; the distribution of permafrost and ground ice relative to the various Quaternary landforms and stratigraphic sequences; and the effect of modern, especially periglacial, process upon the landscape. These data provide an essential background for planning rational land use in an area of thick Quaternary sediments and permafrost... This report presents a synthesis of the knowledge of the Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands and adjacent areas gained during the last three decades... Observations, descriptions, and interpretations of Quaternary phenomena are placed in a historical framework and related to maps of Quaternary materials and landforms. In addition, permafrost, ground ice, and other periglacial phenomena are described and their effects on construction or other human activity are outlined." --Preface and introduction.
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