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Solifluction and the Role of Permafrost Creep, Eastern Melville Island, N.W.T., Canada
Author(s) -
Bennett L. P.,
French H. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
permafrost and periglacial processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-1530
pISSN - 1045-6740
DOI - 10.1002/ppp.3430020204
Subject(s) - solifluction , permafrost , geology , geomorphology , creep , dominance (genetics) , geotechnical engineering , physical geography , oceanography , glacial period , geography , biochemistry , materials science , chemistry , composite material , gene
In situ measurements of solifluction and permafrost creep on several low‐angled slopes near Rea Point, Melville Island, emphasize that there is no clear relationship between the two processes. Solifluction and permafrost creep are essentially independent in time (e.g. early summer versus late summer dominance) and mechanics (e.g. the flow of saturated sediments versus the plastic flow of ice‐rich sediments). Such differences are also likely to alter the relative importance of each of these mass‐wasting processes on a slope.