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Wolf Creek Aggradational Permafrost Mound (APM)

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Created: 2014-01-09 10:08:28
Modified: 2014-02-11 16:11:40

Active: No
Country:Canada
Site:Yukon
GTN-P:CA 82
TC-Code:APM
Responsible Countries: Canada,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -07:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Shrub Tundra
Responsible Person:Antoni Lewkowicz
MAGT  (C) : -0.5
MAGT Depth (m) : 15.3
MAGT Date/ Period : Aug 30 2007 - Aug 29 2008

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) - report  value for most recent year or 12 month interval

-0.48°C at 15.27 m for August 28, 2007 to August 27, 2008.

NAME AND LOCATION OF CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (latitude, longitude, and distance from borehole, km) - provide (if available) mean monthly air temperature and snow depth of reporting interval for mean annual ground temperature

Whitehorse    60˚42.600N   135˚4.200W

AIR TEMPERATURE AND SNOW COVER THICKNESS/DENSITY MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE (indicate frequency of observations):

Air temperature: Yes [X] No [ ]    Snow thickness: Yes[X] No[ ]   Density: Yes [ ] No[X]

 

Depth:15.3 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Deepest Sensor:15.27 m
Drilling Method:Water Jet Drill
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2004
Type:helicopter
Type:lake
Distance From Heat:30 m
Aspect:285.7 °
Permafrost Thickness:25-40m m
Permafrost Zone:Sporadic
Vegetation:Scrub birch, willow, grasses, fireweed, coltsfoot, mosses and lichen. Vegetation reaches a height of 92 cm and organic mat is 14.6cm thick.
Landform:The valley has many thermokarst lakes.
Lithology:Fine grained material with high ice content.
Morphology:high-elevation valley
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Longitude:-135.193467 °
Latitude:60.481367 °
Elevation:1191 m
EPSG:4326
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