Sub-pingo water lenses, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Mackay, J. Ross
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1978
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; permafrost; Tuktoyaktuk
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e78-130; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e78-130

In 1976 and 1977 three growing pingos were drilled for the purpose of measuring sub-pingo water pressures beneath aggrading permafrost. All holes drilled through permafrost in the pingos and adjacent lake flats produced artesian flow. The flow from the pingos was clear and as the gushers rose to a m...