Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Northwest Territories
Most pingos have grown in residual ponds left behind by rapid lake drainage through erosion of ice-wedge polygon systems. The field studies (1969-78) have involved precise levelling of numerous bench marks, extensive drilling, detailed temperature measurements, installation of water pressure transdu...
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fterudit:oai:erudit.org:1000322ar 2023-05-15T16:37:11+02:00 Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Northwest Territories Mackay, J. Ross 1979 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1000322ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1000322ar en eng Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal Érudit Géographie physique et Quaternaire vol. 33 no. 1 (1979) http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1000322ar doi:10.7202/1000322ar Tous droits réservés © Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 1979 text 1979 fterudit https://doi.org/10.7202/1000322ar 2022-09-24T23:14:18Z Most pingos have grown in residual ponds left behind by rapid lake drainage through erosion of ice-wedge polygon systems. The field studies (1969-78) have involved precise levelling of numerous bench marks, extensive drilling, detailed temperature measurements, installation of water pressure transducers below permafrost and water (ice) quality, soil, and many other analyses. Precise surveys have been carried out on 17 pingos for periods ranging from 3 to 9 years. The field results show that permafrost aggradation in saturated lake bottom sediments creates the high pore water pressures necessary for pingo growth. The subpermafrost water pressures frequently approach that of the total litho-static pressure of permafrost surrounding a pingo. The water pressure is often great enough to lift a pingo and intrude a sub-pingo water lens beneath it. The basal diameter of a pingo is established in early youth after which time the pingo tends to grow higher, rather than both higher and wider. The shutoff direction of freezing is from periphery to center. When growing pingos have both through going taliks and also permeable sediments at depth, water may be expelled downwards by pore water expulsion from freezing and consolidation from self loading on saturated sediments. Pingos can rupture from bursting of the sub-pingo water lens. Otherwise, pingo failure is at the top and periphery. Hydraulic fracturing is probably important in some pingo failures. Water loss from sub-pingo water lenses causes subsidence with the subsidence pattern being the mirror image of the growth pattern; i.e. greatest subsidence at the top. Small peripheral bulges may result from subsidence. Old pingos collapse from exposure of the ice core to melting by overburden rupture, by mass wasting, and by permafrost creep of the sides. La plupart des pingos de cette région se sont développés sur d’anciens fonds de lacs dont l’assèchement rapide a été causé par l’érosion de réseaux polygonaux à fentes de gel. Les levés de terrain (1969-1978) comprenaient ... Text Ice ice core Northwest Territories permafrost Tuktoyaktuk wedge* Érudit.org (Université Montréal) Northwest Territories Tuktoyaktuk ENVELOPE(-133.006,-133.006,69.425,69.425) Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula ENVELOPE(-131.339,-131.339,69.750,69.750) Rapid Lake ENVELOPE(177.619,177.619,52.064,52.064) Géographie physique et Quaternaire 33 1 3 61 |
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Most pingos have grown in residual ponds left behind by rapid lake drainage through erosion of ice-wedge polygon systems. The field studies (1969-78) have involved precise levelling of numerous bench marks, extensive drilling, detailed temperature measurements, installation of water pressure transducers below permafrost and water (ice) quality, soil, and many other analyses. Precise surveys have been carried out on 17 pingos for periods ranging from 3 to 9 years. The field results show that permafrost aggradation in saturated lake bottom sediments creates the high pore water pressures necessary for pingo growth. The subpermafrost water pressures frequently approach that of the total litho-static pressure of permafrost surrounding a pingo. The water pressure is often great enough to lift a pingo and intrude a sub-pingo water lens beneath it. The basal diameter of a pingo is established in early youth after which time the pingo tends to grow higher, rather than both higher and wider. The shutoff direction of freezing is from periphery to center. When growing pingos have both through going taliks and also permeable sediments at depth, water may be expelled downwards by pore water expulsion from freezing and consolidation from self loading on saturated sediments. Pingos can rupture from bursting of the sub-pingo water lens. Otherwise, pingo failure is at the top and periphery. Hydraulic fracturing is probably important in some pingo failures. Water loss from sub-pingo water lenses causes subsidence with the subsidence pattern being the mirror image of the growth pattern; i.e. greatest subsidence at the top. Small peripheral bulges may result from subsidence. Old pingos collapse from exposure of the ice core to melting by overburden rupture, by mass wasting, and by permafrost creep of the sides. La plupart des pingos de cette région se sont développés sur d’anciens fonds de lacs dont l’assèchement rapide a été causé par l’érosion de réseaux polygonaux à fentes de gel. Les levés de terrain (1969-1978) comprenaient ... |
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Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Northwest Territories |
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Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Northwest Territories |
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Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area, Northwest Territories |
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ENVELOPE(-133.006,-133.006,69.425,69.425) ENVELOPE(-131.339,-131.339,69.750,69.750) ENVELOPE(177.619,177.619,52.064,52.064) |
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Northwest Territories Tuktoyaktuk Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Rapid Lake |
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Ice ice core Northwest Territories permafrost Tuktoyaktuk wedge* |
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Ice ice core Northwest Territories permafrost Tuktoyaktuk wedge* |
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