Call number:
AWI G3-23-95336
In:
Miscellaneous Report / Geological Survey of Canada, 64
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
71 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
0660174642
,
0-660-17464-2
Series Statement:
Miscellaneous Report / Geological Survey of Canada 64
URL:
https://emrlibrary.gov.yk.ca/gsc/miscellaneous_reports/mr-64.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Abstract
Résumé
Acknowledgments
Welcome to Yellowknife
Part I: The landscape and the people
Geological evolution of the landscape
Bedrock geology
Surficial geology
Climate and vegetation
History of Yellowknife
From gold to government
Significant events
Part II: Living with frozen ground
Permafrost
Regional distribution
Permafrost occurrence in Yellowknife
Significance of peat
Significance of moisture
Ice lenses
Thaw stable and thaw unstable ground
Thaw settlement
Frost heave
Development
Buildings
Roads
Utilities
Thermosyphons
Climate change - an uncertain future for permafrost
Climate and permafrost history
Air temperature trends over the last century
Response of air temperatures to doubling of greenhouse gases
Effect of climate warming on permafrost in Yellowknife
Impacts of climate warming
Part III: Guide to field stops
Introduction
The Capital Tour - Capital Site to Bowling Green building
Stop 1. The Capital Site - a profusion of peat
Stop 2. Legislative Assembly - design with nature
Stop 3. Legislative Assembly roadway - perils of paving peat
Stop 4. Walking path - tipping trails
Stop 5. Legislative Assembly parking lot - preserving permafrost
Stop 6. Frame Lake - Yellowknife's aquatic centrepiece
Stop 7. National Defence building - seeking solid ground
Stop 8. Visitors Centre - rocking and rolling
Stop 9. 49 Street thermosyphons - keeping it cool
Stop 10. Bowling Green building - swallowing sidewalks
The City Tour - 49 Avenue to Niven Lake
Stop 11. 49 and 49 intersection - rolling roadways
Stop 12. 49 Avenue - sagging sidewalks
Stop 13. Downtown Yellowknife - safe on sand
Stop 14. Gold Range Hotel - making things work
Stop 15. Centre Square Mall - stemming shifting sands
Stop 16. Boston Pizza - fast food on a slab
Stop 17. Royal Oak Mines Inc. houses - half a century later
Stop 18. 52 Avenue - up, up, and ... away
Stop 19. 49 Street hill - leaving good ground
Stop 20. 54 Avenue - frozen dangers underfoot
Stop 21. Rockcliffe Apartments - creeping crawl space
Stop 22. School Draw subdivision - houses on the move
Stop 23. School Draw Park - from basements to basketballs
Stop 24. Rock outcrop - on the shores of glacial Lake McConnell
Stop 25. Detah ice road - crystal highway
Stop 26. Old Town - doing things the old-fashioned way
Stop 27. Franklin Avenue - whither frozen ground?
Stop 28. Fritz Theil Park - from dump to diamond
I Stop 29. Old sewage line - pipes and peat
Stop 30. Niven Lake - a subarctic oasis
I Part IV: The Niven Lake Trail
Introduction
Stop 1. A biological magnet for waterbirds
Stop 2. The land of little sticks
Stop 3. The wonder of wetlands
Stop 4. Niven Lake -urban oasis for wildlife
Stop 5. Peat, beautiful peat
Stop 6. Honolulu north?
Stop 7. Home sweet home -all year round
Stop 8. Those mud-slinging, bug-poking shorebirds
Glossary of terms
Selected references
List of field guides for Yellowknife
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
AWI Library
