Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada

Field surveys have been carried out for the 1972 to 1979 period in order to study the growth of Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo. The field surveys show that the top of the pingo was slowly subsiding during the seven-year survey period, possibly from a slow downslope glacier-like creep of the ice-ric...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Mackay, J. Ross
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
Subjects:
Pingos
Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula
N.W.T
Aklisuktuk Pingo
Canada
Northwest Territories
Tuktoyaktuk
Arctic
glacier*
ice core
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65582
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Summary:Field surveys have been carried out for the 1972 to 1979 period in order to study the growth of Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo. The field surveys show that the top of the pingo was slowly subsiding during the seven-year survey period, possibly from a slow downslope glacier-like creep of the ice-rich overburden and ice core. The name "Aklisuktuk" probably dates back at least 200 years. The rapid growth which attracted attention was from accumulation of water in a large sub-pingo water lens.Key words: Aklisuktuk Pingo, sub-pingo water lens, pingo subsidence Mots clés: Pingo Aklisuktuk, poche d'eau au-dessous du pingo, affaissement du pingo

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