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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1351-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1351-2017
Research article
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09 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 09 Jun 2017

Wind-driven snow conditions control the occurrence of contemporary marginal mountain permafrost in the Chic-Choc Mountains, south-eastern Canada: a case study from Mont Jacques-Cartier

Gautier Davesne, Daniel Fortier, Florent Domine, and James T. Gray

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This study presents data from Mont Jacques-Cartier, the highest summit in the Appalachians of south-eastern Canada, to demonstrate that the occurrence of contemporary permafrost body is associated with a very thin and wind-packed winter snow cover which brings local azonal topo-climatic conditions on the dome-shaped summit. This study is an important preliminary step in modelling the regional spatial distribution of permafrost on the highest summits in eastern North America.