Some characteristics of a pingo in the Simpson Peninsula, N.W.T.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Tarnocai, C., Netterville, J. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Simpson Peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e76-050; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e76-050

The 7 m high pingo is situated on a poorly drained, marine silt deposit in the Simpson Peninsula, and has a relatively shallow active layer (31 cm) underlain by frozen silt material with alternating layers of pure ice, 5–15 cm thick. The relative flatness of the surrounding terrain suggests that this pingo is of the closed-system type.