Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3155-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-3155-2019
Research article
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28 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 28 Nov 2019

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

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

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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.