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  <Entry_Title>Permafrost Map for Northwestern Canada (Mackenzie Region)</Entry_Title>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Frozen Ground</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Permafrost</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Land Surface</Topic>
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    <Start_Date>1992-01-01</Start_Date>
    <Stop_Date>1992-12-31</Stop_Date>
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    <Southernmost_Latitude>60</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>70</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-142</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-120</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_FGDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NSIDC Frozen Ground Data Center</Long_Name>
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  <Reference>Heginbottom, J.A. and Radburn, L.K. (compilers) 1992. Permafrost and ground ice conditions of northwestern Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Map 1691A, scale 1:1,000,000. Digitized by S. Smith, Geological Survey of Canada. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital Media. 

Heginbottom, J.A., M.A. Dubreuil and P.A. Harker (1995) Canada - Permafrost, in: National Atlas of Canada, 5th Edition, National Atlas Information Service, Natural Resources Canada, MCR 4177.

Heginbottom, J.A. and L.K. Radburn (comp). 1992. Permafrost and Ground Ice Conditions of Northwestern Canada / Conditions rélatives au pergélisol et à la glace de sol du nord-ouest du Canada. Map 1691A. Scale 1: 1,000,000. Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.</Reference>
  <Summary>The Permafrost Map for Northwestern Canada (Mackenzie Region) is a digital version of the 1:1,000,000 map produced by Heginbottom and Radburn [Heginbottom, J.A. and Radburn, L.K. (compilers) 1992. Permafrost and ground ice conditions of northwestern Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Map 1691A, scale 1:1 000 000.] The map provides information on permafrost distribution and ground ice conditions in the Mackenzie Region of northwestern Canada. The data set comprises three data layers: maps of permafrost zones, rivers, and lakes. The map themes (layers) are in the ESRI Shapefile spatial data format (ArcView files). The permafrost map codes continuous, discontinuous, intermediate, sporadic, and isolated permafrost, and glaciers. Data are available via ftp</Summary>
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  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2012-09-17</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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