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Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-799-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-799-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Research article
 | 
15 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2016

Growth of a young pingo in the Canadian Arctic observed by RADARSAT-2 interferometric satellite radar

Sergey V. Samsonov, Trevor C. Lantz, Steven V. Kokelj, and Yu Zhang

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We describe the growth of a very large diameter pingo in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands. Analysis of historical data showed that ground uplift initiated sometime between 1935 and 1951 following lake drainage and is largely caused by the growth of intrusive ice. This study demonstrates that satellite radar can successfully contribute to understanding the dynamics of terrain uplift in response to permafrost aggradation and ground ice development in remote polar environments.
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