Yukon Permafrost Articles

 

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Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), 2004.  Impacts of a Warming Arctic.  Cambridge University Press.  www.acia.uaf.edu

 

Anisimov, O.A. and Nelson, F.E., 1996.  Permafrost distribution in the Northern Hemisphere under scenarios of climatic change.  Global and Planetary Change, vol. 14, p. 59-72.

 

Anisimov, O.A. and Nelson, F.E., 1997.  Permafrost zonation and climate change in the Northern Hemisphere: results from transient general circulation models.  Climatic Change, vol. 35, p. 241-258.

 

Anisimov, O.A., Shiklomanov, N.I. and Nelson, F.E., 1997.  Global warming and active-layer thickness: results from transient general circulation models.  Global and Planetary Change, vol. 15, p. 61-77.

 

Anisimov, O.A. et al., 2002.  Effect of Climate Change on Permafrost in the Past, Present, and Future.  Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, vol.38, p. S25-S39.

 

Beltrami, H., Gosselin, C. and Mareschal, J.C., 2003.  Ground surface temperatures in Canada: Spatial and temporal variability.  Geophysical Research Letters, vol.30, p. 1499.

 

Beltrami, H. and Harris, R., 2001.  Foreword: Inference of climate change from geothermal data.  Global and Planetary Change, vol. 29, p. 149-152.

 

Bonnaventure, P.P.B. and Lewkowicz, A.G., 2008.  Mountain permafrost probability mapping using the BTS method in two climatically dissimilar locations, northwest Canada.  Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol.45, p. 443-455.

 

Bonsal, B.R., Prowse, T.D. and Pietroniro, A., 2003.  An assessment of global climate model-simulated climate for the western cordillera of Canada (1961-90).  Hydrological Processes, vol. 17, p. 3703-3716.

 

Brown, J. and Andrews, J.T., 1982.  Influence of Short-Term Climate Fluctuations on Permafrost Terrain.  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Washington, 29 p.

 

Burn, C. R., 1994.  Permafrost, tectonics, and past and future regional climate change, Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories.  Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 31, p. 182-191.

 

Burn, C. R., 1998.  Field investigations of permafrost and climatic change in northwest North America.  Permafrost - Seventh International Conference Proceedings, Yellowknife, vol. 55, p. 107-120.

 

Burn, C. R. and Smith, M.W., 1993.  Issues in Canadian permafrost research.  Progress in Physical Geography, vol. 17, p. 156-172.

 

Calmels, F., Gagnon, O. and Allard, M., 2005.  A Portable Earth-drill System for Permafrost Studies.  Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 16, p. 311-315.

 

Cardyn, R. et al., 2007.  Molar gas ratios of air entrapped in ice: A new tool to determine the origin of relict massive ground ice bodies in permafrost.  Quaternary Research, vol. 68, p. 239-248.

 

CCIAP, 2004.  Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Perspective.  Edited by Lemmen, D.S. and Warren, F.J.  Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Directorate, Government of Canada.  http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective_e.asp

 

Chen, W., Zhang, Y., Cihlar, J., Smith, S.L. and Riseborough, D. W., 2003.  Changes in soil temperature and active layer thickness during the twentieth century in a region in western Canada.  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 108, 4696 p.

 

EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., 2004.  Permafrost Considerations for Effective Mine Site Development in the Yukon Territory.  33 p.

 

Froese, D.G., Westgate, J.A., Reyes, A.V., Enkin, R.J. and Preece, S.J., 2008.  Ancient Permafrost and a Future, Warmer Arctic.  Science, vol. 321, p. 1648.

 

Guo, L., Ping, C.L. and Macdonald, R.W., 2007.  Mobilization pathways of organic carbon from permafrost to arctic rivers in a changing climate.  Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 34, p. L13603.

 

Halsey, L.A., Vitt, D.H. and Zoltai, S.C., 1995.  Disequilibrium response of permafrost in boreal continental western Canada to climate change.  Climatic Change, vol. 30, p. 57-73.

 

Harris, S., 2009.  Climate change and permafrost stability in the eastern Canada Cordillera: The results of 33 years on measurements.  Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, vol. 1, p. 0381-0403.

 

Jackson, L.E. Jr., Ward, B.C., Duk-Rodkin, A. and Hughes, O.L., 1991.  The last Cordilleran ice sheet in southern Yukon Territory.  Geographie physique et Quaternaire, vol. 35, no. 3, p. 341-354.

 

James, M., Lewkowicz, A.G., Smith, S.L. and Lipovsky, P., 2007.  Historic change in permafrost distribution in northern British Columbia and southern Yukon.  Ninth International Conference on Permafrost.

 

Kettles, I.M., Tarnocai, C. and Bauke, S.D., 1997.  Predicted permafrost distribution in Canada under a climate warming scenario.  Current Research, vol. 1997-E, p. 109-115.

 

Lewkowicz, A.G. and Bonnaventure, P.P.B., 2008.  Interchangeability of Mountain Permafrost Probability Models, Northwest Canada.  Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 19, p. 49-62.

 

Lewkowicz, A.G. and Harris, C., 2005.  Morphology and geotechnique of active-layer detachment failures in discontinuous and continuous permafrost, northern Canada.  Geomorphology, vol. 69, p. 275-297.

 

Mackay, J.R., 1970.  Disturbances to the tundra and forest tundra environment of the western Arctic.  Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol. 7, p. 420-432.

 

Mackay, J.R. and Burn, C. R., 2002.  The first 20 years (1978-1979 to 1998-1999) of active-layer development, Illisarvik experimental drained lake site, western Arctic coast, Canada.  Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 39, no. 11, p. 1657-1674.

 

Mackay, J.R., Rampton, V. N. and Fyles, J.G., 1972.  Relic Pleistocene permafrost, western Arctic, Canada.  Science, vol. 176, p. 1321-1323.

 

Majorowicz, J.A., Skinner, W.R. and Safanda, J., 2004.  Large ground warming in the Canadian Arctic inferred from inversions of temperature logs.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 221, p. 15-25.

 

Michel, F.A., 1985.  Nature and history of ground ice in the Yukon - isotope investigations.  Earth Physics Branch Open File Number 85-11, Geothermal Service of Canada, Ottawa, 150 p.

 

Moore, R.D. et al., 2009.  Glacier change in western North America: influences on hydrology, geomorphic hazards and water quality.  Hydrological Processes, vol. 23, p. 42-61.

 

Nelson, F.E., Anisimov, O.A. and Shiklomanov, N.I., 2002.  Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum-Arctic Permafrost Regions.  Natural Hazards, vol. 26, p. 203-225.

 

Rampton, V. N., Ellwood, J. R. and Thomas, R. D., 1983.  Distribution and geology of ground ice along the Yukon portion of the Alaska Highway gas pipeline.  Fourth International Conference on Permafrost Proceedings, vol. 4, p. 1030-1035.

 

Serreze, M.C. et al., 2000.  Observational evidence of recent change in the northern high-latitude environment.  Climatic Change, vol. 46, p. 159-207.

 

Smith, L.C., Sheng, Y., MacDonald, G.M. and Hinzman, L.D., 2005.  Disappearing Arctic Lakes.  Science, vol. 308, p. 1429.

Smith, M. W. and Riseborough, D. W., 1983.  Permafrost sensitivity to climatic change.  Permafrost; Fourth international conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, vol. 4, p. 1178-1183.

 

Smith, M. W. and Riseborough, D. W., 1996.  Permafrost Monitoring and Detection of Climate Change.  Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 7, p. 301-309.

 

Smith, S.L., Burgess, M.M., Riseborough, D. W. and Nixon, F.M., 2005.  Recent Trends from Canadian Permafrost Thermal Monitoring Network Sites.  Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, vol. 16, p. 19-30.

 

Smith, S.L. et al., 1999.  Mapping the sensitivity of Canadian permafrost to climate warming.  Edited by Tranter, M. et al.  XXII general assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Birmingham, United Kingdom.  International Association of Hydrological Sciences, p. 71-78.

 

Tarnocai, C., Smith, C.A.S. and Fox, C.A., 1993.  International Tour of Permafrost Affected Soils: The Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada.  Centre for Land and Biological Resources Branch, Ottawa, 197 p.

 

Tolstikhin, N.I. and Tolstikhin, O.N., 1976.  Groundwater and surface water in the permafrost region.  Fisheries and Environment Canada, Technical Bulletin No. 97, 25 p.

 

Vitt, D.H., Halsey, L.A. and Zoltai, S.C., 1994.  The Bog Landforms of Continental Western Canada in Relation to Climate and Permafrost Patterns.  Arctic and Alpine Research, vol. 26, p. 1-13.

 

Woo, M., 1986.  Permafrost Hydrology in North America.  Atmosphere – Ocean, vol. 24, no. 3, p. 201-234.

 

Yukon Government, 2006.  Government of Yukon: Climate Change Strategy.  20 p.  www.environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/climate.html

 

Zhang, T., Barry, G., Knowles, K., Heginbottom, J.A. and Brown, J., 1999.  Statistics and characteristics of permafrost and ground ice distribution in the Northern Hemisphere.  Polar Geology, vol. 23, p. 132-154.

 

Zhang, Y., Chen, W. and Riseborough, D. W., 2006.  Temporal and spatial changes of permafrost in Canada since the end of the Little Ice Age.  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 111, p. D22103.

 

Zhang, Y., Chen, W. and Riseborough, D. W., 2008.  Disequilibrium response of permafrost thaw to climate warming in Canada over 1850-2100.  Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35, p. L02502.

 

Zhang, Y., Chen, W. and Riseborough, D. W., 2008.  Transient projections of permafrost distribution in Canada during the 21st century under scenarios of climate change.  Global and Planetary Change, vol. 60, p. 443-456.

 

Zhang, Y., Chen, W., Smith, S.L., Riseborough, D. W. and Cihlar, J., 2005.  Soil temperature in Canada during the twentieth century: Complex responses to atmospheric climate change.  Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 110, p. 03112.