ADAPT Project data

Informations: BGR (BW)

Measurement site

  Latitude : 56.61352
  Longitude : -76.21818
  Altitude (m) :
  Startup date : January 1, 1900

Site description

   
Permafrost mounds (palsas and lithalsas) and thermokarst ponds, near the Sheldrake River. BGR-1: top of a peripheral ridge around a thermokarst pond ('BGR-1'). BGR-3: top of a thawing lithalsa (helicopter pad)
Subsite: BGR-1 / Surficial geology: Marine clay (brownish gray) / Vegetation: Mosses, willow, bare soil
Subsite: BGR-3 / Surficial geology: Marine clay (brownish gray) / Vegetation: Bare soil, willow, mosses, lichen