Geochemical signatures of pingo ice and its origin in Grøndalen, west Spitsbergen

Demidov, Nikita; Wetterich, Sebastian; Verkulich, Sergey; Ekaykin, Aleksey; Meyer, Hanno; Anisimov, Mikhail; Schirrmeister, Lutz; Demidov, Vasily; Hodson, Andrew J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3155-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

The Cryosphere, 13, 3155–3169, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3155-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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The Cryosphere, 13, 3155–3169, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3155-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Research article 28 Nov 2019

Research article | 28 Nov 2019

Geochemical signatures of pingo ice and its origin in Grøndalen, west Spitsbergen

Nikita Demidov et al.

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Geochemical signatures of pingo and ground ice in Grøndalen, West Spitsbergen Sebastian Wetterich, Nikita Demidov, and Alexey Ekaykin https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.907530

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As Norwegian geologist Liestøl (1996) recognised, in connection with formation of pingos there are a great many unsolved questions. Drillings and temperature measurements through the pingo mound and also through the surrounding permafrost are needed before the problems can be better understood. To shed light on pingo formation here we present the results of first drilling of pingo on Spitsbergen together with results of detailed hydrochemical and stable-isotope studies of massive-ice samples.