Pingo Growth and collapse, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Western Arctic Coast, Canada: a long-term field study

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Author: Mackay, J. Ross
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1998
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Ice; permafrost; pingo; pergélisol
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/004847ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/004847ar

Growth data from precise surveys have been obtained for 11 pingos for periods ranging from 20 to 26 years. Most of the 1350 pingos, perhaps one quarter of the world's total, have grown up in the bottoms of drained lakes underlain by sands. Permafrost aggradation on the drained lake bottoms has...