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Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of the Canadian Arctic, 1973
Pages 277-299

Previous HitPermafrostNext Hit Studies in the Norman Wells Region, Northwest Territories

P. J. Kurfurst, R. M. Isaacs, J. A. Hunter, W. J. Scott

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The mean annual temperature of the surface of the Canol Road, built during the Second World War, is significantly higher than that of the ground surface prior to construction. A study of the roadway and its surroundings by drilling and by seismic and electric methods confirms that there has been warming and, in some cases, thawing of Previous HitpermafrostTop under the road. A geothermal model prepared for one of the sites predicted a depth of thaw much smaller than the depth shown by the drilling. This result suggests that both convection and conduction may be involved in heat-transfer processes under the road.


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