Substrate freeze/thaw in a drained Alberta fen

• Author / Creator

  Swanson, Leonard.

• Masters thesis. Study of the effect of drainage on freeze/thaw cycles and frost depths in a boreal wetland site, and determination if freeze/thaw cycles and frost depth are related to spacing of ditches or saturated hydraulic conductivity of the peat in drained areas. Study was conducted on drained peatland southeast of Slave Lake, Alberta.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Fens--Alberta--Slave Lake region
  • Soil freezing
  • Peatlands--Alberta
  • Drainage

• Graduation date

  1986

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3319SC8V

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.