The World of Underground Ice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8376207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Ross Mackay, Jenny Mackay (University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 1972-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1972.tb00839.x |
| OpenAlex | W2112108348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 16 |
Underground ice is restricted to permafrost areas where its distribution is sporadic and often unpredictable. A knowledge of the distribution and abundance of underground ice is essential to northern development, because a variety of man induced disturbances can cause underground ice to thaw, often with serious consequences. The criteria for a classification of the principal types of underground ice are the source of the water prior to freezing and the processes which transfer water to the freezing plane. The origin of massive icy bodies in the Western Arctic of North America is explained by a water expulsion theory. The excess water now found in the icy bodies is attributed to water expelled from coarse textured sediments by the downward growth of permafrost. The suggested mechanism is illustrated by three pingos which have grown since 1950. The role of glaciation in the formation of relic offshore permafrost in relatively shallow Arctic coastal areas is examined. The evidence suggests that offshore permafrost is present in some shallower portions of the Beaufort Sea from northeastern Alaska eastwards to the high Arctic islands of Canada. If offshore permafrost with underground ice is present, then thermal disturbance problems must be taken into consideration in future offshore exploration
Arctic · Arctic ice pack · Beaufort sea · Drift ice · Earth science · Geography · Permafrost · Physical geography · Sea ice · Seabed gouging by ice · Submarine pipeline · Climate change and permafrost · Geological Studies and Exploration · Geology · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Oceanography
Periglacial Features Indicative of Permafrost
Characteristics and Significance of the Transition Zone in Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska
High potential for loss of permafrost landforms in a changing climate
The mid‐latitude hydrolaccolith of the Spanish Central System (Southern Europe)
Models of resource management
Ice wedge casts and past permafrost distribution in North America
Recent Developments in Canadian Geomorphology1
The Mapping of Permafrost
Contributions to the Understanding of Geomorphic Landscapes Published in the Annals
Geographical Aspects of the First International Polar Year, 1882–1883
J. Ross Mackay, 1915-2014
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 2024 (52) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |