ACTIVE LAYER AND SUPRAPERMAFROST GROUNDWATER STUDIES, SCHEFFERVILLE, QUEBEC

Ground temperature observations indicate that active layer depth is usually related to surface cover. However, under drainage lines the active layer is usually much deeper or a talik zone may be present, and it is thought that this is due to the transport of heat by suprapermafrost groundwater. Ground temperatures, water table height and related data were collected over a summer in a small catchment containing a zone of deep thaw, with a view to producing subsurface heat and water budgets. The results indicate that heat conduction alone can account for the thermal flux on average sites but cannot account for the deep active layers; that much of the groundwater movement is through limited zones of high permeability; and that there is substantial suprapermafrost groundwater movement through the deep active layer and talik zones.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Second Conference on Soil-Water Problems in Cold Regions held in Edmonton, Canada, on September 1-2, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Geophysical Union

  1909 K Street, NW, Division of Hydrology
  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Authors:
  • Nicholson, F H
  • Lewis, J S
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Second Conference on Soil-Water Problems in Cold Regions held in Edmonton, Canada, on September 1-2, 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15-30

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Depth; Flow; Ground cover; Groundwater; Heat flow; Hydrology; Permafrost; Soils; Temperature; Thermal stresses; Water resources; Water table
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ground; Thermal effects
• Old TRIS Terms: Active layer; Superpermafrost
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163393
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM