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Created: 2014-01-09 10:22:40
Modified: 2014-02-12 16:55:01

Active: No
Country:Canada
Site:Yukon
GTN-P:CA 174
Responsible Countries: Canada,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -07:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Coniferous Forest
Responsible Person:Antoni Lewkowicz

Drilled on a 50˚ angle at 245˚ azimuth, thermistor depths have been calculated accordingly, top 3 thermistors are sticking out of hole. 

MAGT  (C) : 0.3
MAGT Depth (m) : 22.5
MAGT Date/ Period : Sept 1 2008 - Aug 31 2009

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) 0.3°C

Depth of zero annual amplitude (or depth of measurement reported above)  (m) 22.5 m

Year or 12 month interval for mean reported above 2008-09

 

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

Carmacks      62˚7.200’N 136˚11.400’W

Air Temperature is measured at approximately 2m height and recorded every hour. Snow cover measured using i-button technique at 4 hour intervals.

Depth:30.14 m
Drilling Angle:50 °
Deepest Sensor:30.14 m
Drilling Method:Diamond drill.
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2007
Type:Road – accessible with 4x4 vehicle.
Distance From Road:0 m
Type:Anthropogenic: borehole drilled for mineral exploration, all vegetation removed
Distance From Heat:0 m
Slope:10 °
Aspect:270 °
Permafrost Zone:Discontinuous
Vegetation:White and black spruce, Larch, mountain alder, Labrador tea, low bush cranberry, lichens, fungi, feather moss, wild rose.
Landform:Area with low elevation rounded hills, evidence of a forest fire in past.
Lithology:Granite bedrock, 3 cm of organic mat, just beneath is a 40 cm layer of volcanic ash.
Morphology:Borehole is near the highest point in the area on a broad plateau.
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Longitude:-136.671667 °
Latitude:62.324722 °
Elevation:861.851501 m
EPSG:4326
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