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Nordicana D94 / DOI : 10.5885/45738CE-D75F3C9342D34C83

Ground temperature in natural conditions along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site, Yukon, Canada
Daniel Fortier1, 2, Michel Sliger1, 2, Samuel Gagnon1, 2, Karine Rioux1, 2
1Département de géographie, Université de Montréal
2Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)

Abstract

This dataset comes from a borehole located along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site (BC-RES), Yukon, Canada. Measurements were made every 4h (thermistor sensors) from 0.3 to 8.0 m depth from 2 October 2008 to 27 October 2020. The site is composed of peaty silt and silty sediments down to 10 m (bottom of borehole) with facies of ice-rich permafrost (~1-3 m and ~6-10 m) separated by an ice-poor layer (~3-6 m).

Data citation
Fortier, D., Sliger, M., Gagnon, S., Rioux, K. 2021. Ground temperature in natural conditions along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site, Yukon, Canada, v. 1.0 (2008-2020). Nordicana D94, doi: 10.5885/45738CE-D75F3C9342D34C83.

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Key references
Malenfant-Lepage J, Doré G, Fortier D. Thermal Effectiveness of the Mitigation Techniques Tested at Beaver Creek Experimental Road Site Based on a Heat Balance Analysis: Yukon, Canada. In: Proceedings from 15th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, Québec, Canada, 2012:42-51. DOI: 10.1061/9780784412473.005.
Malenfant-Lepage, J., Doré, G., Fortier, D., Murchison, P. (2012) Thermal performance of the permafrost protection techniques at Beaver Creek experimental road site, Yukon, Canada. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Permafrost, June 25-29, Salekhard, Russia, Vol. 1: 261-266.
Stephani, E., Fortier, D., Shur, Y., Fortier, R., Doré, G., Walsh, R. (2014) A geosystems approach to permafrost investigations for engineering applications, an example from a road stabilization experiment, Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada. Cold Region Science and Technology, Vol. 100: 20-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2013.12.006.

Acknowledgements
We thank Yukon Highways and Public Works for giving access to the study site and to the data. We also thank Transport Canada for funding this project and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for its financial support.

Related data
Nordicana D89 - Température du sol et de l'air sous deux abris le long de la Alaska Highway au Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site, Yukon, Canada / Ground and air temperature under two sheds along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site, Yukon, Canada
Nordicana D67 - Données météorologiques à Beaver Creek, Yukon - tronçon expérimental routier 2008-2018 / Meteorological data at the Beaver Creek, Yukon - Road experimental section 2008 – 2018
Nordicana D68 - Températures au sol de la sous-base et du sol de remblai à Beaver Creek, Yukon - tronçon expérimental routier 2008-2018 / Ground temperatures of embankment subbase and subgrade at the Beaver Creek, Yukon - Road experimental section 2008 – 2018

Status
Published

Version history
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Version 1.0 (2008-2020) - Updated October 7, 2021

Measurement sites

  Site Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
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YG4
 62.33722 -140.8353 649

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