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Solifluction and the Role of Permafrost Creep, Eastern Melville Island, N.W.T., Canada

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  • L. P. Bennett
  • H. M. French

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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. L'échauffement de roches par insolation pendant des périodes ò la température de l'air est inferieure à 0 °C peut causer des tensions dans les roches. Les valeurs de variations de température peuvent être telles que des fracturations des roches par choc thermique peuvent se produire. L'echauffement inégal d'une masse rocheuse peut provoquer des tensions des faces éhauffées qui accentuent les stress thermiques. Lorsque la source de chaleur disparait, un refroidissement rapide peut survenir et les variations de temperatures peuvent être suffisantes pour causer des chocs thermiques. Des mesures in situ de la solifluxion et du creep affectant le pergélisol ont été réalisées sur différentes pentes faiblement inclinées près de Rea Point, sur l'lle de Melville. Elles ont montré qu'il n'existe pas de relations claires entre les deux phénomènes, ni en ce qui concerne la période de mouvement (au début de l'été pour la solifluxion, à la fin de l'été pour le creep du pergélisol), ni en ce qui concerne les mécanismes (écoulement de sédiments saturés pour la solifluxion, déformation plastique de sédiments riches en glace pour le frost creep). De telles differences modifient probablement l'importance relative de chacun de ces processus de transport en masse sur les versants.

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  • L. P. Bennett & H. M. French, 1991. "Solifluction and the Role of Permafrost Creep, Eastern Melville Island, N.W.T., Canada," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(2), pages 95-102, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:2:y:1991:i:2:p:95-102
    DOI: 10.1002/ppp.3430020204
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