期刊
PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES
卷 33, 期 3, 页码 195-213出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.2150
关键词
ice wedges; mixed wedges; Nunavik; permafrost; soil wedges; thermal contraction crack polygons; thermo-mechanical stresses
资金
- ArcticNet
- Ministere des Forets, de la Faune et des Parcs
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
This study evaluated the spatial distribution and morphological variability of thermal contraction crack polygon (TCCP) networks in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. The analysis revealed a strong association between different landforms and intersection angles in the networks, providing insight into how thermal contraction cracking functions in varied permafrost landscapes.
We evaluated the spatial distribution and morphological variability of thermal contraction crack polygon (TCCP) networks across Nunavik, a 440,000-km(2) region of northern Quebec that spans the northward transition from discontinuous to continuous permafrost. A population of 4,567 TCCP sites was sampled and analyzed from 80,737 georeferenced high-resolution aerial photographs and 264,504 km(2) of ESRI satellite basemaps. For each site, six parameters were inventoried and compiled into a database: (a) network geometric arrangement; (b) intersection angles; (c) number of subdivisions and nested polygons (referred to as generations of development); (d) dominant polygon morphology; (e) surficial geology; and (f) vegetation cover. Statistical analyses of the tabulated data revealed a strong association between Holocene glacial, glacio-fluvial, fluvial, marine, and organic landforms and the different intersections angles in the networks, providing insight into how the processes of thermal contraction cracking function and manifest geomorphically across varied permafrost landscapes. Orthogonal polygons (intersection angle of 90 degrees) dominate on flat terrains where the thermo-mechanical stresses are probably spatially homogeneous. Hexagonal (angles of 120 degrees) and poorly structured polygons tend to form where topography variability probably generates heterogeneous heat flow patterns and thermo-mechanical stresses in the ground, resulting in irregular cracking patterns.
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