Soils and Terrain Units Around Resolute, Cornwallis Island

ARCTIC ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G. Cruickshank
Keyword(s):  
Terrain Units ◽  
Cornwallis Island

scholarly journals Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Medium Scale for Rainfall-Induced Earthflows: Catakli Catchment Area (Cayeli, Rize, Turkey)

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Nefeslioglu ◽  
C. Gokceoglu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
Application Site ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Concrete Type ◽  
Element At Risk ◽  
Temporal Occurrence ◽  
Terrain Units

The aim of the present study is to introduce a probabilistic approach to determine the components of the risk evaluation for rainfall-induced earthflows in medium scale. The Catakli catchment area (Cayeli, Rize, Turkey) was selected as the application site of this study. The investigations were performed in four different stages: (i) evaluation of the conditioning factors, (ii) calculation of the probability of spatial occurrence, (iii) calculation of the probability of the temporal occurrence, and (iv) evaluation of the consequent risk. For the purpose, some basic concepts such as “Risk Cube”, “Risk Plane”, and “Risk Vector” were defined. Additionally, in order to assign the vulnerability to the terrain units being studied in medium scale, a new more robust and more objective equation was proposed. As a result, considering the concrete type of roads in the catchment area, the economic risks were estimated as —in case the failures occur on the terrain units including element at risk, and —in case the risks arise from surrounding terrain units. The risk assessments performed in medium scale considering the technique proposed in the present study will supply substantial economic contributions to the mitigation planning studies in the region.

CHIRONOMIDAE (DIPTERA) OF CHAR LAKE, CORNWALLIS ISLAND, N.W.T., WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES

1976 ◽  
Vol 108 (10) ◽  
pp. 1053-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arctic Lakes ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Cornwallis Island ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Pharate Adult ◽  
Chironomid Fauna

AbstractPseudodiamesa arctica (Mall.), Heterotrissocladius subpilosus (Kieff.), Orthocladius (s.s.) lapponicus Goetgh., Orthocladius (s.s.) sp., Paracladius quadrinodosus Hirv., Trissocladius tricornis n. sp., and Lauterbornia sedna n. sp. develop from egg to pharate adult in Char Lake. The occurrence of the larvae of 7 additional species is apparently adventitious, All stages of the two new species plus the larvae of P. arctica and P. quadrinodosus are described. The males of T. tricornis are dimorphic and L. sedna is parthenogenetic. New distribution records are given for most of the species. The chironomid fauna of Char Lake is compared with that of other arctic lakes.

MEASUREMENTS OF GRAVITY IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND GREENLAND

1950 ◽  
Vol 28a (5) ◽  
pp. 535-541
Author(s):  
Michael Beer
Keyword(s):  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
The Other ◽  
Baffin Island ◽  
Resolute Bay ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Cornwallis Island

Four determinations of gravity were made during the summer of 1948, with the pendulum apparatus of the Dominion Observatory, at Goose Bay, Labrador (latitude 53°), Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island (latitude 64°), Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island (latitude 75°), and Thule, Greenland (latitude 77°), approximately. The anomalies at the two most northerly stations are comparatively small and those at the other two stations, although larger, do not exceed many that have been observed in other parts of Canada. Norgaard's determination at Thule is confirmed by the author.It is anticipated that these determinations, apart from their immediate interest, will serve as useful reference points for future work in the Canadian Arctic.

scholarly journals Late Dorset architecture on Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 255-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve LeMoine ◽  
James Helmer ◽  
Bjarne Grønnow
Keyword(s):  
Warm Season ◽  
Cold Season ◽  
Nuclear Families ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Size Number ◽  
Cornwallis Island

Abstract Late Dorset dwellings from two sites on Little Cornwallis Island (Nunavut) illustrate the diversity of architectural forms from this period. Ten architectural features are described. They include five tent rings, ascribed to warm season occupations, and five rectangular semi-subterranean houses with axial features, including one exceptionally well-preserved example, ascribed to cold season occupations. Variations in size, number of hearths, and construction techniques are examined and the use of both types of structures to house multiple nuclear families is suggested.

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