Pingos and Pingo Scars: Their Characteristics, Distribution, and Utility in Reconstructing Former Permafrost Environments
Pingos are large frost mounds which develop in permafrost as the result of the segregation of massive ground-ice lenses. At least two genetic varieties of pingos, open- and closed-systems, form under differing conditions of climate, topography, and groundwater occurrence. Active pingos are known to...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1016/0033-5894(76)90039-9 2024-06-23T07:53:37+00:00 Pingos and Pingo Scars: Their Characteristics, Distribution, and Utility in Reconstructing Former Permafrost Environments Flemal, Ronald C. 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(76)90039-9 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589476900399?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589476900399?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400035079 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 6, issue 1, page 37-53 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 1976 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(76)90039-9 2024-06-05T04:04:05Z Pingos are large frost mounds which develop in permafrost as the result of the segregation of massive ground-ice lenses. At least two genetic varieties of pingos, open- and closed-systems, form under differing conditions of climate, topography, and groundwater occurrence. Active pingos are known to occur in many high latitude regions. Pingo scars are the degeneration products of pingos. Ideally they are ramparted, circular depressions, although they may be expressed in a variety of divergent forms due to differing conditions of topography, substrate materials, degree of thermokarst overprint, and erosional/depositional histories. Pingo scars occur in many modern permafrost regions. Presumed pingo scars have also been identified in many regions beyond the present permafrost limit and therefore may have utility in reconstructing former permafrost environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost Thermokarst Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 6 1 37 53 |
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Pingos are large frost mounds which develop in permafrost as the result of the segregation of massive ground-ice lenses. At least two genetic varieties of pingos, open- and closed-systems, form under differing conditions of climate, topography, and groundwater occurrence. Active pingos are known to occur in many high latitude regions. Pingo scars are the degeneration products of pingos. Ideally they are ramparted, circular depressions, although they may be expressed in a variety of divergent forms due to differing conditions of topography, substrate materials, degree of thermokarst overprint, and erosional/depositional histories. Pingo scars occur in many modern permafrost regions. Presumed pingo scars have also been identified in many regions beyond the present permafrost limit and therefore may have utility in reconstructing former permafrost environments. |
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Pingos and Pingo Scars: Their Characteristics, Distribution, and Utility in Reconstructing Former Permafrost Environments |
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Pingos and Pingo Scars: Their Characteristics, Distribution, and Utility in Reconstructing Former Permafrost Environments |
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Pingos and Pingo Scars: Their Characteristics, Distribution, and Utility in Reconstructing Former Permafrost Environments |
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Pingos and Pingo Scars: Their Characteristics, Distribution, and Utility in Reconstructing Former Permafrost Environments |
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Pingos and Pingo Scars: Their Characteristics, Distribution, and Utility in Reconstructing Former Permafrost Environments |
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pingos and pingo scars: their characteristics, distribution, and utility in reconstructing former permafrost environments |
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