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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. 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.

Version history

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Measurement sites

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

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Data available for download are in ZIP format. Please properly cite the data when using it.

BC-RES YG4 Thermistor, 4h interval - Ground temperature in natural conditions Get file
File: ds_000601441.zip Size: 2.05 MB
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YG4
Data
Ground temperature 10/2008 – 10/2020