Syngenetic sand veins and anti-syngenetic sand wedges, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Murton, Julian, Bateman, Mark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: G Geography (General); Arctic; Canada; Tuktoyaktuk; Ice; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; wedge*
• Online Access: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1594/; http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1594/1/Revised_text_PPP_721.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.577

Sand-sheet deposits of full-glacial age in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, western Arctic Canada, contain syngenetic sand veins 1-21 cm wide and sometimes exceeding 9 m in height. Their tall and narrow, chimney-like morphology differs from that of known syngenetic ice wedges and indicates an unusually c...