{"id":18476,"date":"2015-10-08T11:22:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T15:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?p=18476"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:31:13","slug":"7th-canadian-permafrost-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/2015\/7th-canadian-permafrost-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Canadian Permafrost Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

DGES presented the single largest contingent of attendees at the 7th<\/sup> Canadian Permafrost Conference held 21-23 September in Quebec City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourteen of our students, faculty, and recent graduates were there, and we presented eleven papers from within our present group of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The photo shows (L to R, sitting): Marcus Phillips (PhD student), Brendan O\u2019Neill (PhD student), Graham Gilbert (BSc\/\u201911, now a PhD student at UNIS, Svalbard), Steve Kokelj (PhD\/\u201903, now with the Geological Survey of the Northwest Territories), Peter Morse (PhD\/\u201913, now with the Geological Survey of Canada), Pascale Roy-L\u00e9veill\u00e9e (PhD\/\u201915, now Assistant Professor at Laurentian University), Kumari Karunaratne (PhD\/\u201911, now with the Geological Survey of the Northwest Territories); and (L to R, standing): Tim Enson (MSc\/\u201911, now with Golder Associates), Loriane Perier (M.Eng, Laval, co-supervised by Chris Burn), Jeff Moore (MSc student), Adrian Gaanderse (MSc\/\u201915), Professor Stephan Gruber, Michelle C\u00f4t\u00e9 (MA\/\u201902, now with Geological Survey of Canada), Professor Chris Burn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The papers presented were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burn, C.R. 2015. The geocryological bibliography of J. Ross Mackay (1915-2014). Paper 239. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  7 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burn, C.R. and O\u2019Neill, H.B. 2015. Subdivision of ice-wedge polygons, western Arctic coast. Paper 252. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  6 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burn, C.R., Moore, J.L., O\u2019Neill, H.B., Hayley, D.W., Trimble, J.R., Calmels, F., Orban, S.N., Idrees, M. 2015. Permafrost characterization of the Dempster Highway, Yukon and Northwest Territories. Paper 705. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  8 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaanderse, A.J.R., Wolfe, S.A., and Burn, C.R. 2015. Origin and composition of a lithalsa in the Great Slave Lowland, Northwest Territories. Paper 259. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  7 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gruber, S., Burn, C.R., Arenson, L., Geertsema, M., Harris, S., Smith, S.L., Bonnaventure, P., and Benkert, B. 2015. Permafrost in mountainous regions of Canada. Paper 169. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  8 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idrees, M., Burn, C.R., Moore, J.L., and Calmels, F. 2015.  Monitoring permafrost conditions along the Dempster Highway. Paper 703. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  8 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karunaratne, K.C., Kokelj, S.V., Palmer, M., Wolfe, S.A. & Gruber, S. 2015. Metadata protocol for ground temperature records in the Northwest Territories. Paper 744, Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference, 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC. 8 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Neill, H.B., and Burn, C.R. 2015. Permafrost degradation adjacent to snow fences along the Dempster Highway, Peel Plateau, NWT. Paper 219. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC. 7 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Neill, H.B., Burn, C.R., and Kokelj, S.V. 2015. Field measurements of permafrost conditions beside the Dempster Highway embankment, Peel Plateau, NWT. Paper 380. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  7 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P\u00e9rier, L., Dor\u00e9, G., and Burn, C.R. 2015. Influence of water temperature and flow on thermal regime around culverts built on permafrost. Paper 089. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  6 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips, M.R., Burn, C.R., Wolfe, S.A., Morse, P.D., Gaanderse, A.J., O\u2019Neill, H.B., Shugar, D.H., and Gruber, S. 2015. Improving water content description of ice-rich permafrost soils. Paper 372. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  7 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy-Leveillee, P., and Burn, C.R. 2015. Geometry of oriented lakes in Old Crow Flats, northern Yukon. Paper 284. Proceedings, 7th Canadian Permafrost Conference,<\/em> 21-23 September 2015, Quebec City, QC, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Richmond, BC.  8 p.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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