Pulsating pingos, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, N.W.T.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Mackay, J. Ross
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-023; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-023

Field studies have been carried out on two pingos on Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, N.W.T. One pingo was studied from 1969–1976; the other was studied from 1974–1976. Precise levelling of bench marks in permafrost shows that the tops of these pingos alternately rise and subside in response to the rate of ac...