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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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65582 2023-05-15T14:19:17+02:00 Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada Mackay, J. Ross 1981-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65582 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65582/49496 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65582 ARCTIC; Vol. 34 No. 3 (1981): September: 201–280; 270-273 1923-1245 0004-0843 Pingos Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula N.W.T info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1981 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:40Z 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 Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic glacier* ice core Northwest Territories Tuktoyaktuk University of Calgary Journal Hosting Aklisuktuk Pingo ENVELOPE(-134.339,-134.339,69.067,69.067) Canada Northwest Territories Tuktoyaktuk ENVELOPE(-133.006,-133.006,69.425,69.425) Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula ENVELOPE(-131.339,-131.339,69.750,69.750) ARCTIC 34 3 |
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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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Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Aklisuktuk (Growing Fast) Pingo, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Northwest Territories, Canada |
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